Odometer fraud, first degree, penalty
This law is about tampering with a car's odometer — the part that shows how many miles a car has been driven. It is against the law to sell, advertise, install, or have someone else install a device that makes an odometer show a false number of miles. The true mileage is whatever the odometer correctly recorded within the range the car maker intended. Breaking this law is a class A misdemeanor.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
407.516. , first degree, . — 1. A person commits the of odometer fraud in the first degree if he or she advertises for sale, sells, installs or has installed any device which causes an to any other than the true mileage driven.
2. For purposes of this section, the true mileage driven is that mileage driven by the vehicle as by the odometer within the .
3. Odometer fraud in the first degree is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1983 S.B. 9, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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