Sec. 1. (a) A person that sells or offers for sale a vehicle, a vehicle part, or a watercraft knowing that an identification number or certificate of title of the vehicle, vehicle part, or watercraft has been:

(1) destroyed;

(2) removed;

(3) altered;

(4) covered; or

(5) defaced;

commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the aggregate fair market value of all vehicles, vehicle parts, and watercraft sold or offered for sale is at least seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) and less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and a Level 5 felony if the aggregate fair market value of all vehicles, vehicle parts, and watercraft sold or offered for sale is at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

(b) Subsection (c) does not apply to a person that manufactures or installs a plate or label containing an original identification number:

(1) in a program authorized by a manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts; or

(2) as authorized by the bureau under IC 9-17-4.

(c) A person that knowingly or intentionally possesses a plate or label that:

(1) contains an identification number; and

(2) is not attached to the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part to which the identification number was assigned by the manufacturer or governmental entity;

commits a Class A misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (d).

(d) The offense described in subsection (c) is a:

(1) Level 6 felony if:

(A) the person possesses more than one (1) plate or label and the plates or labels are not attached to a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part; or

(B) the aggregate fair market value of all plates and labels, and of all motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts to which the plates or labels are wrongfully attached, is at least seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) and less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); and

(2) Level 5 felony if the aggregate fair market value of all plates or labels, and of all motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts to which the plate or label is wrongfully attached, is at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

(e) A person that knowingly:

(1) damages;

(2) removes; or

(3) alters;

an original or special identification number commits a Level 6 felony.

(f) A person who counterfeits or falsely reproduces a certificate of title for a motor vehicle, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle with intent to:

(1) use the certificate of title; or

(2) permit another person to use the certificate of title;

commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the aggregate fair market value of all motor vehicles, semitrailers, and recreational vehicles for which the person counterfeits or falsely reproduces a certificate of title is at least seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) and less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and a Level 5 felony if the aggregate fair market value of all motor vehicles, semitrailers, and recreational vehicles for which the person counterfeits or falsely reproduces a certificate of title is at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

As added by P.L.217-2014, SEC.192. Amended by P.L.63-2016, SEC.3.