The following items are declared to be contraband and are subject to forfeiture in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 16 of Title 9: (1) Any motor vehicle the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number of which has been removed, altered, defaced, falsified, or destroyed; and (2) Any component part of a motor vehicle the manufacturer’s identification number of which has been removed, altered, defaced, falsified, or destroyed. (Code 1981, § 40-11-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1948, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 7-1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 693, § 3-25/HB 233.)