§ 36-438. Defacing identification marks on firearms.

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No person shall change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or other mark of identification on any firearm. Possession of any firearm upon which any such mark shall have been changed, altered, removed or obliterated shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed, altered, removed or obliterated the same.

(Code 1940, § 27.043; Code 1964, § 29-3)

State law reference

Similar provision, 720 ILCS 5/24-5.

                    
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