                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SALE OF FARM MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT WHERE SERIAL NUMBER HAS BEEN REMOVED,
DEFACED OR OBLITERATED; PENALTY (§ 3.2-5000)

A. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale in the Commonwealth
any new agricultural implement, farm tractor, or other type of farm machinery or
equipment, knowing that the manufacturer&#8217;s original serial number has been
removed, defaced, or in any way obliterated. Any person who violates this
subsection is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A person convicted of a second or
subsequent offense under this subsection is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. The dealer in farm equipment who possesses for sale any farm implement or
machinery that has had its serial number removed, defaced, or in any way
obliterated, shall have his supplier stamp, attach or scribe, as was originally
done, the same serial number as was placed upon the machine or implement at the
time of its manufacture. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to
prevent any manufacturer or importer, or his agents, other than dealers, from
doing his own numbering on agricultural implements, farm tractors, or other
types of farm machinery or equipment, or parts, removed or changed, and
replacing the numbered parts.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-707; 1952, c. 672; 1966, c. 702, § 13.1-918; 2008, c.
860.