§ 32703. Preventing tampering

Statutory text

A person may not—

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;

disconnect, reset, alter, or have disconnected, reset, or altered, an odometer of a motor vehicle intending to change the mileage registered by the odometer;

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

conspire to violate this section or section 32704 or 32705 of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1994
Pub. L. 103–272 § 1(e) · 108 Stat. 745
Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 32703
Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1049
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1049
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Section 1. subtitles ii, ii, and v-x of title 49, united states code (a) Certain general and permanent laws of the 49 USC prec. 101 note. United States, related to transportation, are revised, codified, and enacted by subsections (c)–(e) of this section without substantive change as subtitles II, III, and V–X of title 49, United States Code, “Transportation”. Those laws may be cited as “49 U.S.C. ________”. (b) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the table of subtitles at the beginning of the title and substituting the following new table of subtitles: “Subtitle “I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION “II. OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES “III. GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS “IV. INTERSTATE COMMERCE “V. RAIL PROGRAMS “VI. MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS “VII. AVIATION PROGRAMS “VIII. PIPELINES “IX. COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION “X. MISCELLANEOUS (c) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subtitle II, except that chapter 31 (comprising sections 3101–3104) of subtitle II is redesignated and restated as chapter 315 (comprising sections 31501–31504) of subtitle VI of title 49, as enacted by subsection (e) of this section. (d) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following immediately after subtitle I:
1994
Pub. L. 103–429 § 6(33) · 108 Stat. 4377
Struck · 49 U.S.C. § 32703(3)
Pub. L. 103–429 struck out “public” before “street”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (3). Pub. L. 103–429 struck out “public” before “street”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(33) In section 32703(3), strike “public”.
Effective date note
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.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Pub. L. 103–272
RevisedSection	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
32703(1)	15:1983.	Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, § 403, 86 Stat. 962; July 14, 1976, Pub. L. 94–364, § 402, 90 Stat. 983.
32703(2)	15:1984.	Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, §§ 404, 405, 86 Stat. 962; restated July 14, 1976, Pub. L. 94–364, §§ 403, 404, 90 Stat. 983.
32703(3)	15:1985.
32703(4)	15:1986.	Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, § 406, 86 Stat. 962.

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).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Par. (3). Pub. L. 103–429 struck out “public” before “street”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Credits

1994 · 2 acts

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

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