Idaho § 49-231 - Farm implements - Purchasing or selling when identifying number altered or defaced a felony
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 49-231 — Farm implements - Purchasing or selling when identifying number altered or defaced a felony, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-231. Farm implements - Purchasing or selling when identifying number altered or defaced a felony
Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale or has in his possession any tractor, trailer, or other farm implement or engine removed from a tractor or farm implement from which the manufacturer’s serial or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark or number, has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the tractor, trailer or farm implement or engine, is guilty of a felony.
[49-231, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 25, p. 585.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 49-231 ("Farm implements - Purchasing or selling when identifying number altered or defaced a felony") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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