CALCRIM No. 2242

Identification Numbers (Veh. Code, § 10802)

The defendant is charged [in Count] with (altering[,]/ [or]

counterfeiting[,]/ [or] defacing[,]/ [or] destroying[,]/ [or] disguising[,]/ [or]

falsifying[,]/ [or] forging[,]/ [or] obliterating[,]/ [or] removing) [a] vehicle

identification number[s] [in violation of Vehicle Code section 10802].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant knowingly (altered[,]/ [or] counterfeited[,]/ [or]

defaced[,]/ [or] destroyed[,]/ [or] disguised[,]/ [or] falsified[,]/ [or]

forged[,]/ [or] obliterated[,]/ [or] removed) [a] vehicle

identification number[s];

2. When the defendant did (that/those) act[s], (he/she) intended to

(misrepresent the identity/ [or] prevent the identification) of ([a]

motor vehicle[s]/ [or] [a] motor vehicle part[s]);

2. AND

3. The defendant did (that/those) act[s] for the purpose of (sale/ [or]

transfer/ [or] import/ [or] export) of the (motor vehicle[s]/ [or]

motor vehicle part[s]).

A vehicle identification number is the distinguishing number, letter, or

mark used by the manufacturer or the Department of Motor Vehicles to

uniquely identify a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle part for registration.

[For the purpose of (sale/ [or] transfer) of the motor vehicle[s] or motor

vehicle part[s], the defendant need not have intended to act as seller,

buyer, transferor, or transferee.]

[The People allege that the defendant (altered[,]/ [or] counterfeited[,]/

[or] defaced[,]/ [or] destroyed[,]/ [or] disguised[,]/ [or] falsified[,]/ [or]

forged[,]/ [or] obliterated[,]/ [or] removed) the vehicle identification

number[s] on the following (motor vehicle[s]/ [(and/or)] motor vehicle

part[s]): <insert description when multiple items alleged>.

Y ou may not find the defendant guilty unless you all agree that the

People have proved that the defendant (altered[,]/ [or] counterfeited[,]/

[or] defaced[,]/ [or] destroyed[,]/ [or] disguised[,]/ [or] falsified[,]/ [or]

forged[,]/ [or] obliterated[,]/ [or] removed) at least one of these vehicle

identification numbers and you all agree on which vehicle identification

number[s] (he/she) (altered[,]/ [or] counterfeited[,]/ [or] defaced[,]/ [or]

destroyed[,]/ [or] disguised[,]/ [or] falsified[,]/ [or] forged[,]/ [or]

obliterated[,]/ [or] removed).]

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