55-5-107 - Identification numbers Method of installation.

55-5-107. Identification numbers Method of installation.

(a)  The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 shall be placed upon the passenger car and components required to be numbered in a permanent manner so that any attempt to remove, alter, deface, obliterate or destroy them will be ascertainable.

(b)  The permanent manner required by this section and §§ 55-5-106, and 55-5-108 55-5-110 may be by any suitable manufacturing process that will result in the number's becoming a permanent part of the passenger car or component. They shall be of a height and width easily readable by the naked eye. They may consist of letters, numbers, digits or any combination of them.

(c)  The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 may be in accordance with recommended practices approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers as to material, lettering, manufacturing and installation.

(d)  The identification numbers required by § 55-5-106 shall be placed upon the passenger car and required component parts by the manufacturer.

[Acts 1968, ch. 603, § 3; T.C.A., § 59-507.]