NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.38
KNOWINGLY PERMITTING THE PLACING OR STAMPING OF A SERIAL OR MOTOR NUMBER UPON A MOTOR VEHICLE BY ITS OWNER, WHERE THE NUMBER HAS NOT BEEN ASSIGNED TO SUCH VEHICLE BY THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with knowingly permitting the
[placing] [stamping] of a [serial] [motor] number upon a vehicle he owned,
where the [serial] [motor] number had not been assigned to that vehicle by
the Division of Motor Vehicles.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant knowingly permitted the [placing] [stamping]
of a [serial] [motor] number upon a vehicle.
Second, that the defendant owned that vehicle.
And Third, that the [serial] [motor] number which was [placed]
[stamped] upon that vehicle had not been assigned to that vehicle by the
Division of Motor Vehicles.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant knowingly permitted the [placing]
[stamping] of a [serial] [motor] number upon a vehicle that the defendant
owned and that this number had not been assigned to that vehicle by the
Division of Motor Vehicles, it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty.
If you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or more of these
things, it would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.38 (Replacement May 2001). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-109(a)(4). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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