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343.03 TRAFFIC CODE 52 <br />343.03 STEALING MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS. <br />No person shall maliciously or with intent to steal or without authority from the owner <br />remove from any motor vehicle any portion of the running or steering gear, pump, or any <br />tire, rim, cover, tube, clock, casing, radiator, fire extinguisher, tool, lamp, starter, <br />battery, coil, spring, gas or oil tank, bell or any signal device, speedometer, license <br />number, horn, box, basket, trunk or carrier, shield, hood, oiler, gauge, grease cup, <br />chain, lock nut, bracket, valve, volt, rod, cap, screws, wire, spark plug, carburetor, <br />magneto, pipe, fan, belt, cylinder, switch, brake, electric bulbs, or any device, emblem, <br />or monogram thereon, any attachment, fastening, or other appurtenance; or any part <br />attached to the motor vehicle which is necessary In the use, control, repair, or operation <br />thereof. <br />No person shall knowingly buy, receive, or have in his possession any of such <br />unlawfully removed articles or any part thereof. (ORC 4549.05) <br />343.04 TAMPERING AND DESTRUCTION. <br />No person aha.11: <br />(a) Purposely and without authority from the owner, start the motor of any motor <br />vehicle; <br />(b) Maliciously and purposely shift or change the starting device or gears of a stand- <br />ing motor vehicle to a position other than that In which they were left by the owner or driver <br />of the motor vehicle; <br />(c) Purposely cut, mark, scratch, or damage the chassis, running gear, body, sides, <br />top, robe, covering or upholstering of another person's motor vehicle; <br />(d) Purposely destroy any part of such vehicle with or by any liquid or other substance, <br />or cut, mash, mark, or in any other way destroy or damage the cylinder, radiator, steer- <br />ing gear, fire extinguisher, fan, belt, valve, pipe, wire, cap, lamp, gas or oil tank, cup, <br />signal device, clock, chain, tool, coil, spring, speedometer, starter, battery, spark . <br />plug, brake, tool box, oiler, pump, switch, nut, casting, tire, rim, tube, box, basket, <br />trunk or carrier, rod, bolt, shield, fender, bracket, gauge, glass, hood, lock, cap, <br />screw, carburetor, magneto, license number, electric bulb, or any device, emblem, <br />monogram or other attachment, fastening or other appurtenance of a motor vehicle, without <br />the permission of the owner thereof; <br />(e) Purposely drain or start the drainage of any radiator or oil tank upon another <br />person's motor vehicle; <br />(f) Purposely put any metallic or other substance or liquid, in the radiator, carburetor, <br />oil tank, grease cup, oilers, lamps, or machinery of a motor vehicle, with the intent to <br />injure or damage the same or impede the working of the machinery; <br />(g) Maliciously tighten or loosen any bracket, bolt, wire, screw, or other fastening <br />on a motor vehicle; <br />(h) Purposely release the brake upon a standing motor vehicle, with the intent to <br />injure such machine. (ORC 4549.06) <br />