Statute · California Vehicle Code
Cal. Veh. Code § 250 — WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
Cal. Veh. Code § 250
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Vehicle Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1993-09-08
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
A “chop shop” is any building, lot, or other premises where any person has been engaged in altering, destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or storing any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part known to be illegally obtained by theft, fraud, or conspiracy to defraud, in order to do…
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Cal. Veh. Code § 250 — WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
A “chop shop” is any building, lot, or other premises where any person has been engaged in altering, destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or storing any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part known to be illegally obtained by theft, fraud, or conspiracy to defraud, in order to do either of the following:
(a) Alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, falsify, forge, obliterate, or remove the identity, including the vehicle identification number, of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, in order to misrepresent the identity of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, or to prevent the identification of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part.
(b) Sell or dispose of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part.