§ 13-171. Altering or destroying serial number, license tag or registration card.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person, wilfully or maliciously, to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the serial number of any bicycle licensed under this article, or to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any license plate or registration card during the time in which the license tag or registration card is in force. The chief of police is hereby authorized to stamp numbers on the frame of a bicycle in a legible manner for identification purposes on bicycles upon which no serial number can be found or upon which the serial number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes.

(Code 1966, § 7-4(2))