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.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
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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