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The Federal Truth in Mileage Act requires the seller of a motor vehicle to provide an odometer disclosure to the buyer at the time of sale or transfer of ownership. A completed odometer disclosure must be provided for all non-exempt vehicles at the time of application for title.

This written disclosure must be signed by the transferor, including the printed name, and shall contain the following information: (1) The odometer reading at the time of the transfer (not to include tenths of miles); (2) The date of the transfer; (3) The transferor's name and current address; (3a) The transferee's ...

Reference to federal and state law with the following or similar wording: Federal and state law requires that you state the mileage upon transfer of ownership; failure to complete or providing a false statement may result in fines and/or imprisonment.

The Odometer Disclosure Statement must be signed by both the seller and the buyer, and it should include details such as the make, model, year, mileage reading at time of sale, and odometer type.

ODOMETER BRANDS: In Excess of Mechanical Limits: Due to limited digits on a vehicle's odometer, the actual mileage is impossible to determine by 'sight'. Example: a vehicle with a 5-digit odometer could not accurately identify mileage over 99,999 miles.

Odometer Fraud Laws Committing odometer fraud is a crime. The federal government passed a law that requires a written disclosure of the mileage registered on an odometer be provided on the title by the seller to the purchaser when the ownership of a vehicle is transferred.