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RSMo 407.526effective 28 Aug 2021

Odometer fraud, third degree, penalty

In plain English

It is a crime to drive a car that is less than 20 years old on a public road if the driver knows the odometer is broken or disconnected and is trying to trick someone by doing so. This crime is called odometer fraud in the third degree, and it is a class C misdemeanor.

Penalties named in this law
class C misdemeanorup to 15 days in jail

Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.

Word-for-word law

407.526. , , . — 1. A person commits the crime of odometer fraud in the third degree if, with the , he operates a motor vehicle less than twenty years old on any street or knowing that the of the motor vehicle is disconnected or not functioning.

2. Odometer fraud in the third degree is a .

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Source & history notes

(L. 1983 S.B. 9, A.L. 2021 S.B. 262)

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