Identification numbers - Method of installation

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TN Code › Title 55 › Chapter 5 › Section 55-5-107

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(a) The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 shall be placed upon the passenger car and components required to be numbered in a permanent manner so that any attempt to remove, alter, deface, obliterate or destroy them will be ascertainable. (b) The permanent manner required by §§ 55-5-106 - 55-5-110 may be by any suitable manufacturing process that will result in the number becoming a permanent part of the passenger car or component. They shall be of a height and width easily readable by the naked eye. They may consist of letters, numbers, digits or any combination of them. (c) The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 may be in accordance with recommended practices approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers as to material, lettering, manufacturing and installation. (d) The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 shall be placed upon the passenger car and required component parts by the manufacturer. Acts 1968, ch. 603, § 3; T.C.A., § 59-507.

(a) The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 shall be placed upon the passenger car and components required to be numbered in a permanent manner so that any attempt to remove, alter, deface, obliterate or destroy them will be ascertainable.

(b) The permanent manner required by §§ 55-5-106 - 55-5-110 may be by any suitable manufacturing process that will result in the number becoming a permanent part of the passenger car or component. They shall be of a height and width easily readable by the naked eye. They may consist of letters, numbers, digits or any combination of them.

(c) The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 may be in accordance with recommended practices approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers as to material, lettering, manufacturing and installation.

(d) The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 shall be placed upon the passenger car and required component parts by the manufacturer.

Acts 1968, ch. 603, § 3; T.C.A., § 59-507.

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