Automobile Fraud: MINNESOTA
State Odometer Statute: Minn. Stat. §§ 325E.13 to 325E.16
State Odometer Statute: Minn. Stat. §§ 325E.13 to 325E.16
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.
State Odometer Statute: Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 407.511 to 407.558
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.
State Odometer Statute: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-190 to 60-197
State Odometer Statute: Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 484D.300 to 484D.345
State Odometer Statute: N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 262:17
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.
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.
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.
State Odometer Statute: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 20-340 to 20-350
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.
State Odometer Statute: Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 4549.41 to 4549.52 (West)
State Odometer Statute: Okla. Stat. tit. 47, §§ 12-501 to 12-507
State Odometer Statute: Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 815.405 to 815.430
State Odometer Statute: 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 7131 to 7139
State Airbag Statute: P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 9, §§ 2071 to 2078
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
State Odometer Statute: Utah Code Ann. §§ 41-1a-901 to 41-1a-906, 41-1a-1310, 41-1a-1319 (West)
State Odometer Statute: Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 23, § 1704a
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.