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Automobile Fraud: MISSISSIPPI

State Odometer Statute: Miss. Code Ann. §§ 63-7-201 to 63-7-209

Prohibited acts: (1) Advertise for sale, sell, use or install any device which causes an odometer to incorrectly register mileage driven; (2) Operate a vehicle knowing the odometer is disconnected or nonfunctional, with intent to defraud; (3) Disconnect, turn back, reset or alter an odometer or cause an odometer to be disconnected, reset or altered with intent to reduce mileage indicated; (4) Remove or alter an odometer repair notice.

Automobile Fraud: MONTANA

State Odometer Statute: Mont. Code Ann. § 61-3-607

Prohibited acts: (1) Remove, turn back or change an odometer reading; (2) Offer for sale, sell, use, install or cause to be installed any device which causes an odometer to inaccurately register mileage driven, for purposes of deceiving a prospective purchaser; (3) Fail to comply with odometer disclosure statement regulations.

Exclusions: The repair or replacing of a defective odometer and setting it anew to show true mileage is allowed.

Automobile Fraud: NEW JERSEY

State Odometer Statute: N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:21-8 (West)

Prohibited acts: Sell, exchange, offer for sale or exchange, or expose for sale or exchange a used vehicle whose odometer has been changed or disconnected so as to indicate less mileage than actually driven, with the purpose of misrepresenting the mileage actually driven.

Automobile Fraud: NEW MEXICO

State Odometer Statute: N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 57-12-6, 66-3-101, 66-3-107

Prohibited acts: Person transferring a motor vehicle is required to record the actual mileage of the vehicle as indicated on the odometer on a form provided by the motor vehicle department (§§ 66-3-101, 66-3-107). Willful misrepresentation of the age of a motor vehicle is a UDAP violation (§ 57-12-6).

Criminal penalties: Violation of § 57-12-6 is a misdemeanor.

Automobile Fraud: NEW YORK

State Odometer Statute: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 392-e (McKinney)

Prohibited acts: (1) Provide a false odometer disclosure statement upon transfer of a vehicle; (2) Misrepresent true mileage driven to a transferee by disconnecting or changing an odometer or causing an odometer to be disconnected or changed, so as to reduce mileage indicated; (3) Remove an odometer repair notice.

Exclusions: New motor vehicles excluded. Any unauthorized removal of notice is violation of the section.

Automobile Fraud: NORTH DAKOTA

State Odometer Statute: N.D. Cent. Code § 39-21-51

Prohibited acts: (1) Willfully alter a motor vehicle odometer or other mileage recorder, hour meter or tachometer or other hour recorder; (2) Offer for sale or sell a motor vehicle knowing the odometer or other mileage recorder has been altered, for the purpose of deceiving another.

Automobile Fraud: RHODE ISLAND

State Odometer Statute: R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 31-23.2-1 to 31-23.2-13

Purpose: Prohibit tampering with odometers, establish safeguards for protection of purchasers, and create civil and criminal sanctions for violations.

Automobile Fraud: SOUTH CAROLINA

State Odometer Statute: S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-240

Prohibited acts: Knowingly give a false statement on an application for certificate of title concerning the odometer reading on an odometer disclosure statement.

Criminal penalties: Not more than one year imprisonment and a $1000 fine. These penalties shall be in addition to penalties provided by federal odometer law.

State Salvage Vehicle Statute: S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-480

Automobile Fraud: SOUTH DAKOTA

State Odometer Statute: S.D. Codified Laws §§ 32-15-33 to 32-15-34

Prohibited acts: (1) Disconnect, reset or alter or cause to be disconnected, reset or altered the odometer of a motor vehicle; (2) Fail to attach permanent notice of an odometer repair or replacement to the left door frame if the mileage is changed; (3) Operate a motor vehicle on highways with a disconnected odometer.

Automobile Fraud: TENNESSEE

State Odometer Statute: Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-14-132

Prohibited acts: (1) Misrepresent mileage on a used motor vehicle offered for sale, trade in or exchange by changing the mileage registering instrument to show lesser mileage than recorded by the instrument; (2) Fail to set mileage reading to actual mileage recorded prior to service, repair or replacement, in the event that the mileage registering instrument requires service, repair or replacement.

Automobile Fraud: TEXAS

State Odometer Statute: Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 727.002 (West)

Prohibited acts: Disconnect, turn back, or reset the odometer of a motor vehicle to reduce the number of miles indicated, with the intent to defraud.

Criminal penalties: Not more than two years in the county jail and/or a $1000 fine. For a second or subsequent offense, not less than 30 days and not more than two years in the county jail and a $2000 fine.

Automobile Fraud: UTAH

State Odometer Statute: Utah Code Ann. §§ 41-1a-901 to 41-1a-906, 41-1a-1310, 41-1a-1319 (West)

Automobile Fraud: VIRGIN ISLANDS

Disclosure of Prior Use: V.I. Code Ann. tit. 12A, § 180(f)

A demonstrator shall have affixed proper documentation indicating that the vehicle is a demonstrator, and the purchaser is entitled to the applicable manufacturer’s warranty.