Attempt to commit odometer fraud in first or second degree, penalties
This law is about trying to commit odometer fraud but not finishing it. If someone takes a real, clear step toward cheating on an odometer reading — even if the plan doesn't work out — that person can be charged with a crime. It does not matter if the fraud was actually impossible to pull off. This crime is a class C misdemeanor.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
407.542. Attempt to commit in first or second degree, penalties. — 1. A person is guilty of attempt to commit odometer fraud in the first degree or odometer fraud in the second degree when, with the purpose of committing the , he does any act which is a towards the of the offense. A "substantial step" is conduct which is strongly of the firmness of the 's purpose to complete the commission of the offense.
2. It is no to a under this section that the offense attempted was, under the actual , factually or legally impossible of commission, if such offense could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as the actor believed them to be.
3. An attempt to commit odometer fraud in the first or second degree is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1983 S.B. 9) Effective 1-01-84
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