New York Consolidated Laws, Navigation Law - NAV § 104. Defacing or removing serial numbers or identification marks on outboard motors

Any person who:  1. Wilfully, removes, defaces, covers, alters or destroys the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark on any outboard motor, or

2. Knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals or knowingly has in his possession any outboard motor, from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing mark or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed for the purpose of concealment or misrepresenting the identity of the said outboard motor is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.