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Fla. Stat. § 817.235 (2025)

Personal property; removing or altering identification marks.

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817.235 Personal property; removing or altering identification marks.—
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who, with intent to prevent identification by the true owner, removes, erases, defaces, or otherwise alters any serial number or other mark of identification placed on any item of personal property by the manufacturer or owner thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Any person who possesses any item of personal property with the knowledge that the serial number or other mark of identification placed thereon by the manufacturer or owner thereof has been removed, erased, defaced, or otherwise altered with intent to prevent identification by the true owner is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-6.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 817.235

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§817.235(1)FORGERY OFREMOVE ID MARKS FROM OTHERS PERSONAL PROPERTYM · 1st
§817.235(2)POSSESS FORGEDANOTHERS PROPERTY W ID MARKS REMOVEDM · 1st

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