Sec. 14-106a. Tamper-resistant odometer required. Mileage reading required on registration application.
Sec. 14-106a. Tamper-resistant odometer required. Mileage reading required
on registration application. (a) On and after January 1, 1971, no passenger motor
vehicle designated as a 1971 or later model shall be registered in this state unless it
is equipped with a tamper-resistant odometer designed with the intent to reduce the
likelihood of unlawful tampering with the mileage reading thereon. The Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles may make regulations establishing standards for such devices, which
standards shall be consistent with provisions of federal law, if any, relating thereto. The
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not require, as a condition precedent to the initial
sale of a vehicle, the inspection, certification or other approval of such odometer if such
device or equipment has been certified by the manufacturer as complying with federal
or state law or regulation.
(b) The application for registration of a motor vehicle shall include the mileage
reading at the time of registration, sale or transfer.
(1969, P.A. 366; P.A. 85-338, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 85-338 added Subsec. (b), requiring that motor vehicle registration applications include mileage reading
at time of registration, sale or transfer.