301.400. Removal or defacing manufacturer's numbers — penalty. — Any person who removes, covers, alters or defaces, or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered or defaced, the manufacturer's number, the motor number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle, or number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle tire, piece of farm machinery, farm implement, or piece of construction equipment, the property of another, for any reason, shall be deemed guilty of a class D felony.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1965–2006 · leading case:
State v. Wakefield, 682 S.W.2d 136 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984).
State v. Wakefield, 682 S.W.2d 136 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984).
· cites it 5× “080, RSMo 1978; 1 II) removing or defacing identifying numbers on the Monza in violation of § 301.400, now repealed; III) receiving a stolen 1977 Chevrolet pickup truck in violation of § 570.”
State v. Ballard, 394 S.W.2d 336 (Mo. 1965).
· cites it 5× “” That is perhaps not material here in any sense, but it illustrates the dangers of accepting the law from a witness.”
State v. Cable, 207 S.W.3d 653 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 4× “1(2), and the Class C felony of Removal or Defacing Manufacturer’s Numbers, a violation of section 301.400. 1 Following a jury trial, Appellant *656 was sentenced by the trial court to six years in the Department of Corrections on each count with the sentences to run…”
State v. Wakefield, 689 S.W.2d 809 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 2× “080, RSMo 1978; 1 2) removing or defacing the manufacturer’s identification numbers on a 1979 GMC pickup in violation of § 301.400; 3) disposing of parts of a 1979 Jeep CJ7 in violation of § 570.”
State v. Friedman, 412 S.W.2d 171 (Mo. 1967).
· cites it 7× “Defendant was convicted by the verdict of a jury and the judgment of the court of a violation of § 301.400, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., which provides: “Any person who removes, covers, alters or defaces, or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered or defaced, the…”
State v. Wakefield, 712 S.W.2d 442 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986).
“080, three months; Count II — removing or defacing a manufacturer’s number, § 301.400, two months; Count III — receiving stolen property, § 570.”
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