It shall be unlawful for any person, willfully or maliciously, to remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter the manufacturer's serial number of any bicycle licensed hereunder; or to remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license hereunder; or to remove, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license plate issued hereunder during the time in which the license plate is in force. The chief of police is authorized to stamp numbers on the frame of a bicycle in a legible manner for identification purposes, upon which no manufacturer's serial number can be found, or upon which the manufacturer's serial number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes.
(Ord. O-16-74, passed 5-21-74) Penalty, see § 70.999