You'd have to check with the state police on the exact details. I'm also not sure taking a vin off one car and putting a different vin on it is the same as moving a vin to a replacement part. I think that is an entirely different situation, and likely far more cut & dry illegal. Plus that car will have hidden vins that won't match the dash vin.
Then there is the possession of the correct style rosette rivits. Here is the federal statues and some notes:
http://www.boss302.com/legal.htm