(a) No person shall wilfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number on any bicycle frame, and no person shall remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license tag or registration card during the time in which such license tag or registration card is operative.
(b) However, if any bicycle does not have a serial number stamped on the frame, or if such number is illegible, then the Chief of Police shall stamp an identification number on the frame of the bicycle.
(Ord. 1-55. Passed 3-18-55.)
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.