§ 38-4-9. Serial numbers of appliances, watches, outboard motors, etc.

(a)

Defacement, alteration, etc., prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to conceal or misrepresent the identity, by removing, concealing, defacing, adding to, substituting, or altering the serial number or manufacturer's number, of any motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, shotgun or any other article or thing whereon the manufacturer has placed numbers for the purpose of identification of such motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, shotgun, article or thing, or to alter or replace any part of such motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, shotgun, article or thing bearing the serial or manufacturer's number with a new or replaced part upon which the proper serial or manufacturer's number has not been stamped or placed.

(b)

Dealing in or possession of articles where serial number defaced or altered. It shall be unlawful to deal in or possess any motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, shotgun or other article or thing from which the serial numbers have been removed, concealed, defaced, added to, substituted or altered, when such article or thing has had serial or other numbers placed thereon by the manufacturer for identification.

(c)

Possession of articles with numbers concealed, altered, etc., prima facie evidence of violations. In all prosecutions under this section, possession by any dealer, distributor, wholesaler, or other person in the business of buying and selling any motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, shotgun or other article or thing with the manufacturer's number or identification number removed, concealed, defaced, added to, substituted or altered shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

(Code 1964, §§ 39-1-63—39-1-65)