Oklahoma § 63-4252 - Definitions

§ 63-4252. Definitions

In addition to the terms defined by the Oklahoma Vessel and

Motor Registration Act, Section 4002 et seq. of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, and the terms defined by the Oklahoma Boating

Safety Regulation Act, Section 4201 et seq. of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, for the purposes of the Vessel and Motor Chop

Shop, Stolen and Altered Property Act:

1. "Chop shop" means any building, lot or other premises where

one or more persons are or have been knowingly engaged in altering,

destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or knowingly

storing any vessel or motor, or vessel or motor part known to be

illegally obtained by theft, fraud or conspiracy to defraud, in

order to either:

a.

alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise,

falsify, forge, obliterate, or remove the identity,

including the hull identification number,

manufacturer's serial number or other identification

number of such vessel or motor or vessel or motor

part, in order to misrepresent the identity of such

vessel or motor or vessel or motor part, or to prevent

the identification of such vessel or motor or vessel

or motor part, or

b.

sell or dispose of such vessel or motor or vessel or

motor part; and

2. "Unidentifiable" means that the uniqueness of a vessel or

motor or vessel or motor part cannot be established by either expert

law enforcement investigative personnel specially trained and

experienced in vessel or motor theft investigative procedures and

vessel or motor identification examination techniques, or by expert

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

employees of not-for-profit vessel or motor theft prevention

agencies specially trained and experienced in vessel or motor theft

investigation procedures and vessel or motor identification

examination techniques.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 146, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.