New Jersey § 39:10b-4

§ 39:10b-4.

a. It shall be unlawful for a person to sell or offer for sale or transport a major

motor vehicle component part or motor vehicle if a manufacturer's part number, an

identification number required by section 2 of this act, 1 or a number assigned by the division under section 3 of this act 2 shall have been destroyed, removed, altered, defaced or so covered as to be concealed. b. It shall be unlawful for a person to sell or offer for sale a component part from

a motor vehicle less than three years old without providing the purchaser with an

invoice indicating: (1) The name and address of the seller and the purchaser; (2) The price of the component part; (3) The year, make, model and color of the motor vehicle from which the component

part was removed; and (4) The vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle from which the component

part was removed. c. It shall be unlawful for a person to purchase a major motor vehicle component part

from a motor vehicle less than three years old without obtaining from the seller the

invoice defined in subsection b. of this section. d. It shall be unlawful for a person to transport a major motor vehicle component

part unless that component part has been marked with an identification number as required

by section 2 of this act or an identification number assigned by the division under

subsection e. of section 3 of this act and the transporter has in his possession an

invoice indicating: (1) The name and address of the owner of the component part; (2) The price of the component part; (3) The year, make, model and color of the motor vehicle from which the component

part was removed; and (4) The vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle from which the component

part was removed. e. A person selling, offering to sell, transporting or purchasing a major motor vehicle

component part or a motor vehicle in violation of the provisions of subsections a.,

b., c., or d. of this section is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. A person who willfully removes, defaces, covers, alters or destroys a manufacturer's

part number, an identification number required by section 2 of this act, or a number

assigned by the division under section 3 of this act, is guilty of a crime of the

third degree. A person having possession of a major motor vehicle component part or a motor vehicle

of which a manufacturer's part number, an identification number required by section

2 of this act, or a number assigned by the division under section 3 of this act, has

been destroyed, removed, altered, defaced or so covered as to be concealed is guilty

of a crime of the fourth degree. Upon prosecution under this section lack of knowledge of the condition of the number

of the vehicle or part shall constitute a defense; but possession shall be prima

facie evidence that the defendant had knowledge of the condition, and the burden of

proof shall be upon him that he had no knowledge. 1

N.J.S.A. § 39:10B-2. 2

N.J.S.A. § 39:10B-3.