I agree. IMO perhaps the best way to still get a bad guy is actually in civil court but likely only worth it on a big dollar car.
Unless GM produces the actual vehicle build records I do think the Oklahoma law is worth much unless the reproduction of the tags is regulated and recorded by the government at the point of sale, meaning that you and the government both know that the tag is potentially being purchaced to create a reproduction of a specific vehicle type.
Prerequsite: Identify and gain access to all the Fake TT sales records from the producers of these tags. Create a D base where a prospective customer could check the TT with the Government prior to purchase.
Next how to handle the "tag collectors". The material fact of a purchase becomes a perminant record that is associated with the tag and its content. Should someone choose to attach it to a vehicle then simply regulate the sale and transfer of the tag also. Make it illegal to attach it to a vehicle without registration and approval by the BMV.
BMV could then alter the title to state that the vehicle is a "REPRODUCTION" and the vehicle then becomes legal to sell as such.
The down side is if someone chooses to clone an existing car and fake the VIN# tag also. Then there may be two or more of one type of a specific car and establishing which one is the "real car" then could become the issue.
Of course all of the above would be utterly nuts to codify and enforce- IMO it really IS buyer beware.
