§ 750.536aRendering goods or property unidentifiable; possession or sale of goods or

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property with identifying number obscured, defaced, altered, obliterated, removed,
 destroyed, or otherwise concealed or disguised.
 Sec. 536a.
    (1) A person who obscures, defaces, alters, obliterates, removes, destroys, or otherwise
 conceals or disguises any registration, serial, or other identifying number embossed, engraved,
 carved, stamped, welded, or otherwise placed or situated in or upon goods or property held for
 sale in the ordinary course of business with the intent to render the goods or property
 unidentifiable shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
    (2) A person who is a dealer in or collector of any merchandise or personal property or the
 agent, employee, or representative of a dealer or collector and who possesses goods or
 property with the intent to sell the goods or property in the ordinary course of business
 knowing the registration, serial, or other identifying number has been obscured, defaced,
 altered, obliterated, removed, destroyed, or otherwise concealed or disguised shall be guilty of
 a misdemeanor.
    (3) A person who is a dealer or collector of any merchandise or personal property or the
 agent, employee, or representative of a dealer or collector and who sells goods or property in
 the ordinary course of business knowing that the registration, serial, or other identifying
 number has been obscured, defaced, altered, obliterated, removed, destroyed, or otherwise
 concealed or disguised shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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