Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 511 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 511 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 98-547, title II, Sec. 201(a), Oct. 25, 1984, 98
Stat. 2768; amended Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(e)(3), July 5, 1994,
108 Stat. 1373; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXII, Sec. 220003(a)-(c),
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2076, 2077; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI,
Sec. 604(b)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3507.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act, referred to in subsecs.
(a)(2), (b)(2)(D), and (d), is title XXII of Pub. L. 103-322, Sept.
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2074, which enacted section 511A of this title
and section 14171 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare,
amended this section, and enacted provisions set out as a note
under section 13701 of Title 42. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
13701 of Title 42 and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Another section 511 was renumbered section 513 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 104-294 realigned margins.
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 220003(a), amended
subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as
follows: "Whoever knowingly removes, obliterates, tampers with, or
alters an identification number for a motor vehicle, or motor
vehicle part, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned
not more than five years, or both."
Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 220003(b), added subpar.
(D).
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(e)(3)(A), substituted
"chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49" for "the
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, or the Motor
Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act".
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(e)(3)(B), substituted
"section 32101 of title 49" for "section 2 of the Motor Vehicle
Information and Cost Savings Act".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 220003(c), added subsec. (d).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104-294 effective Sept. 13, 1994, see
section 604(d) of Pub. L. 104-294, set out as a note under section
13 of this title.