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§ 7132. Prohibited activities relating to odometers

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Part VI. Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 71. Vehicle Theft and Related Provisions
Subchapter D. Tampering with Odometers
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7132
§ 7132. Prohibited activities relating to odometers
(a) Devices causing improper odometer reading.--No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use or install, or cause to be installed, any device which causes an odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven which is that mileage driven by the vehicle as registered by the odometer within the manufacturer's designed tolerance.
(b) Change of odometer reading.--No person shall disconnect, reset or alter, or cause to be disconnected, reset or altered, the odometer of any motor vehicle with intent to change the number of miles indicated on the odometer.
(c) Operation with disconnected or nonfunctional odometer.--No person shall, with intent to defraud, operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of that vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional.
(d) Alteration of true mileage statement.--No person shall falsely alter or cause to be falsely altered an acceptable statement of the true mileage of a motor vehicle in an attempt to conceal the true mileage of the motor vehicle. Any alteration of the true mileage of another vehicle shall, as a matter of law, be evidence of intent to defraud under this chapter.

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1983, June 14, P.L. 16, No. 8, § 5, effective in 60 days. Amended 1996, March 21, P.L. 35, No. 11, § 2, effective in 60 days.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7132, PA ST 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7132
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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