Boating equipment without boat identification number

(a) A person shall not knowingly buy, receive, dispose of, sell, offer for sale, or have in his or her possession boating equipment on which the boat identification number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the boating equipment. (b) A person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of violating this section is guilty of a Class D felony. Amended by Act 2023, No. 762,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023. Acts 2005, No. 1457, § 1. (a) A person shall not knowingly buy, receive, dispose of, sell, offer for sale, or have in his or her possession boating equipment on which the boat identification number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the boating equipment. (b) A person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of violating this section is guilty of a Class D felony. Amended by Act 2023, No. 762,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023. Acts 2005, No. 1457, § 1.