75 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 71 - Vehicle Theft And Related Provisions

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  Identification Number

• Section 7101 - Requirement For Identification Number
  Every vehicle other than a pedalcycle shall contain a vehicle identification number which shall be placed upon or incorporated into the vehicle in such...
• Section 7102 - Removal Or Falsification Of Identification Number (Repealed)
  § 7102. Removal or falsification of identification number (Repealed). 1998 Repeal. Section 7102 was repealed December 21, 1998, P.L.1086, No.145, effective in 60 days.
• Section 7103 - Dealing In Vehicles With Removed Or Falsified Numbers (Repealed)
  § 7103. Dealing in vehicles with removed or falsified numbers (Repealed). 1998 Repeal. Section 7103 was repealed December 21, 1998, P.L.1086, No.145, effective in...
• Section 7104 - State Replacement Vehicle Identification Number Plate
  (a) General rule.--No vehicle on which the vehicle identification number has been removed or falsified shall be titled or registered without a special permit...
• Section 7105 - Seizure Of Vehicles With Removed Or Falsified Numbers
  (a) Duty of police.--Every police officer having knowledge of a vehicle on which the vehicle identification number has been removed or falsified shall immediately...

Subchapter B.  Stolen Vehicles

• Section 7111 - Dealing In Titles And Plates For Stolen Vehicles
  A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person with fraudulent intent procures or attempts to procure a certificate...
• Section 7112 - False Report Of Theft Or Conversion Of Vehicle
  A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree if the person knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion...
• Section 7113 - Reporting Stolen And Recovered Vehicles
  (a) Stolen vehicle.--Every police department or police office, having knowledge of a stolen vehicle, shall immediately furnish the State Police with full information about...
• Section 7114 - Records Of Stolen Vehicles
  (a) General rule.--The department shall, upon receiving a report of the theft of a vehicle, make an entry onto the vehicle's record that it...
• Section 7115 - Application For Certificate Of Title Of A Stolen Vehicle
  Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of title of a stolen vehicle, the department shall notify the State Police and the rightful...
• Section 7116 - Fraudulent Removal Of Vehicle From Garage
  No person shall remove or cause to be removed, by any false pretension or with intent to defraud, any vehicle that has been placed...

Subchapter C.  Misuse of Documents and Plates

• Section 7121 - False Application For Certificate Of Title Or Registration
  A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person uses a false or fictitious name or address or makes...
• Section 7122 - Altered, Forged Or Counterfeit Documents And Plates
  A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person, with fraudulent intent: (1) alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate...
• Section 7123 - Sale Or Purchase Of Certificate Or Other Document
  It is unlawful to purchase or sell a certificate or any other document issued by the department. Police officers or department representatives may confiscate...
• Section 7124 - Fraudulent Use Or Removal Of Registration Plate
  A person who either removes a registration plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a registration plate not authorized by law for...

Subchapter D.  Tampering with Odometers

• Section 7131 - Legislative Findings And Definitions
  (a) Legislative findings.--The General Assembly finds as follows: (1) Purchasers, when buying motor vehicles, rely heavily on the odometer reading of a motor vehicle...
• Section 7132 - Prohibited Activities Relating To Odometers
  (a) Devices causing improper odometer reading.--No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use or install, or cause to be installed, any device which causes...
• Section 7133 - Permissible Activities Relating To Odometers
  (a) General rule.--Nothing in this subchapter prevents the service, repair or replacement of an odometer if the mileage indicated remains the same as before...
• Section 7134 - Odometer Disclosure Requirements
  (a) Odometer mileage statement.--Prior to or simultaneously with the execution of any ownership transfer document relating to a motor vehicle, each transferor of a...
• Section 7135 - Odometer Mileage Statement Retention
  (a) General rule.--Each dealer or motor vehicle auction company who is required by this subchapter to execute or receive an odometer mileage statement shall...
• Section 7136 - Conspiracy To Violate Odometer Requirements
  No person shall conspire with any other person to violate section 7132 (relating to prohibited activities relating to odometers), 7133 (relating to permissible activities...
• Section 7137 - Violation Of Unfair Trade Practices And Consumer Protection Law
  A violation of any provision of this subchapter or regulation promulgated thereunder constitutes "unfair methods of competition" and "unfair or deceptive acts or practices"...
• Section 7138 - Civil Liability
  (a) General rule.--A person who, with intent to defraud, violates any requirement imposed under this subchapter shall be liable in an amount equal to...
• Section 7139 - Penalties
  (a) Criminal penalty.--A person who knowingly and willfully commits any act or causes to be done any act that violates any provision of this...

Last modified: October 8, 2016