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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 865 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapters 767<\/a> and 816<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69663,"section_number":"46.2-629","catch_line":"Odometer reading to be reported on certificate of title, application, or power of attorney","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-629\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74865,"identifier":"46.2-1532","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1532","url":"\/46.2-1532\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1532\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1532","dublin_core":{"Title":"Odometer disclosure; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1532","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every motor vehicle dealer<\/span> shall comply with all requirements of the Federal Odometer Act and \u00a7 46.2-629<\/a> by completing the appropriate odometer mileage statement form for each vehicle purchased, sold or transferred, or in any other way acquired or disposed of. Odometer disclosure statements<\/span> shall be maintained by the dealer in a manner that permits systematic retrieval. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to trailers, travel trailers<\/span>, all-terrain vehicles<\/span>, or off-road motorcycles<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nODOMETER DISCLOSURE; PENALTY (\u00a7 46.2-1532)\n\nEvery motor vehicle dealer shall comply with all requirements of the Federal\nOdometer Act and \u00a7 46.2-629 by completing the appropriate odometer mileage\nstatement form for each vehicle purchased, sold or transferred, or in any other\nway acquired or disposed of. Odometer disclosure statements shall be maintained\nby the dealer in a manner that permits systematic retrieval. Any person found\nguilty of violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1\nmisdemeanor.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to trailers, travel trailers,\nall-terrain vehicles, or off-road motorcycles.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-547.7; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816; 2015, c.\n615.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}