343.01 MOTOR VEHICLE WITH CONCEALED IDENTITY.
(a) No person shall knowingly buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal or have in his possession any motor vehicle from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or destroying the identity of the motor vehicle.
(ORC 4549.07)
(b) Whoever violates Section 343.01 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4549.99(B))