Sec. 14-132. Motor vehicle parts; sale or gift records; penalty

No person shall sell, give, or donate to another person any motor block, rear end housing, transmission, automobile radio, or heater without making a memorandum of such transaction. The memorandum shall set forth the date of transaction, the name and address of the purchaser, grantee, or donee, a description of the article and the manufacturer's serial number, or other identification number. The memorandum shall be retained by the seller, grantor, or donor for a period of six (6) months.

If any of the articles enumerated in this Section has its manufacturer's serial number or other identification number removed or obliterated, it shall be the duty of the seller, grantor, or donor to report the sale or gift of such article within ten (10) days of the sale to the Police Department, which shall retain a file of such reports for a period of one (1) year. The report shall contain the same information required in the memorandum retained by the seller or donor. It shall contain a statement of the manner of the removal or obliteration of the manufacturer's serial number or other identification number, if such information may be determined.

Any person convicted of the violation of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or shall be imprisoned in the County jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.