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CITE

    49 USC Sec. 32703                                           01/08/2008

EXPCITE

    TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION
    SUBTITLE VI - MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
    PART C - INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
    CHAPTER 327 - ODOMETERS

HEAD

    Sec. 32703. Preventing tampering

STATUTE

      A person may not -
        (1) advertise for sale, sell, use, install, or have installed,
      a device that makes an odometer of a motor vehicle register a
      mileage different from the mileage the vehicle was driven, as
      registered by the odometer within the designed tolerance of the
      manufacturer of the odometer;
        (2) disconnect, reset, alter, or have disconnected, reset, or
      altered, an odometer of a motor vehicle intending to change the
      mileage registered by the odometer;
        (3) with intent to defraud, operate a motor vehicle on a
      street, road, or highway if the person knows that the odometer of
      the vehicle is disconnected or not operating; or
        (4) conspire to violate this section or section 32704 or 32705
      of this title.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1049; Pub. L.
    103-429, Sec. 6(33), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4380.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

                              PUB. L. 103-272
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      Revised       Source (U.S. Code)       Source (Statutes at Large)
      Section
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    32703(1)       15:1983.                Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L.
                                            92-513, Sec. 403, 86 Stat.
                                            962; July 14, 1976, Pub. L.
                                            94-364, Sec. 402, 90 Stat.
                                            983.
    32703(2)       15:1984.                Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L.
                                            92-513, Secs. 404, 405, 86
                                            Stat. 962; restated July 14,
                                            1976, Pub. L. 94-364, Secs.
                                            403, 404, 90 Stat. 983.
    32703(3)       15:1985.
    32703(4)       15:1986.                Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L.
                                            92-513, Sec. 406, 86 Stat.
                                            962.
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      In clause (1), the words "the mileage the vehicle was driven, as
    registered by the odometer within the designed tolerance of the
    manufacturer of the odometer" are substituted for "the true mileage
    driven. For purposes of this section, the true mileage driven is
    that mileage driven by the vehicle as registered by the odometer
    within the manufacturer's designed tolerance" to eliminate
    unnecessary words.
      In clause (3), the words "public" and "road" are added for
    consistency in this subtitle.
                              PUB. L. 103-429
      This amends 49:32703(3) to correct an error in the codification
    enacted by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 103-
    272, 108 Stat. 1049).
                                AMENDMENTS
      1994 - Par. (3). Pub. L. 103-429 struck out "public" before
    "street".
                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
      Amendment by Pub. L. 103-429 effective July 5, 1994, see section
    9 of Pub. L. 103-429, set out as a note under section 321 of this
    title.