§ 2321. Trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1984

   Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–547 title II § 204(a) · 98 Stat. 2754

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2321

   Added Pub. L. 98–547, title II, § 204(a), Oct. 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 2770, § 2320

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 98–547, title II, § 204(a), Oct. 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 2770, § 2320

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Chapter 113 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§2320. Trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts “(a) Whoever buys, receives, possesses, or obtains control of, with intent to sell or otherwise dispose of, a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, knowing that an identification number for such motor vehicle or part has been removed, obliterated, tampered with, or altered, shall be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. “(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the removal, obliteration, tampering, or alteration— “(1) is caused by collision or fire; or “(2) is not a violation of section 511 of this title. “(c) As used in this section, the terms ‘identification number’ and ‘motor vehicle’ have the meaning given those terms in section 511 of Ante, p. 2768. this title.”.

2. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(N) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 2321(a)

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $20,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $20,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (N) in sections 844, 878, 1728, 1955, 1958, 2321, 2384, and 2385 by striking “not more than $20,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

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