(a) No licensee under this article or employee thereof, shall conceal or misrepresent the identity by removing, concealing, defacing, adding to, substituting or altering the serial number or manufacturer’s number on any motor vehicle, 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. By altering or replacing any part of such article or thing bearing the serial or manufacture’s number with a new or replaced part upon which the proper serial or manufacturer’s number has not been stamped or placed.
(b) No person licensed under this article shall deal in, or possess any motor vehicle, motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio or other article or thing from which the serial numbers have been removed, concealed, defaced, added to, substituted or altered.
(c) In all prosecutions under this section, possession by any dealer, distributor, wholesaler or person, firm, copartnership or corporation in the business of buying and selling of any motor vehicle, motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, 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 violation of the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985)