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[CITE: 49USC32702]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                         CHAPTER 327--ODOMETERS
 
Sec. 32702. Definitions

    In this chapter--
        (1) ``auction company'' means a person taking possession of a 
    motor vehicle owned by another to sell at an auction.
        (2) ``dealer'' means a person that sold at least 5 motor 
    vehicles during the prior 12 months to buyers that in good faith 
    bought the vehicles other than for resale.
        (3) ``distributor'' means a person that sold at least 5 motor 
    vehicles during the prior 12 months for resale.
        (4) ``leased motor vehicle'' means a motor vehicle leased to a 
    person for at least 4 months by a lessor that leased at least 5 
    vehicles during the prior 12 months.
        (5) ``odometer'' means an instrument for measuring and recording 
    the distance a motor vehicle is driven, but does not include an 
    auxiliary instrument designed to be reset by the operator of the 
    vehicle to record mileage of a trip.
        (6) ``repair'' and ``replace'' mean to restore to a sound 
    working condition by replacing any part of an odometer or by 
    correcting any inoperative part of an odometer.
        (7) ``title'' means the certificate of title or other document 
    issued by the State indicating ownership.
        (8) ``transfer'' means to change ownership by sale, gift, or any 
    other means.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1048; Pub. L. 104-
287, Sec. 5(61), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3394.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 103-272
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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32702(1)..............................  15:1982(8).                      Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  402(6)-(8); added Oct. 28,
                                                                          1986,
 Pub. L. 99-579, Sec.  2(b), 100
                                                                          Stat.
 3310.
32702(2)..............................  15:1982(1).                      Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  402(1), (2); added July 14,
                                                                          1976,
 Pub. L. 94-364, Sec.  401(2), 90
                                                                          Stat.
 983.
32702(3)..............................  15:1982(2).
32702(4)..............................  15:1982(7).
32702(5)..............................  15:1982(3).                      Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, Sec.
                                                                          402(3
)-(5), 86 Stat. 961; July 14,
                                                                          1976,
 Pub. L. 94-364, Sec.  401(1), 90
                                                                          Stat.
 983.
32702(6)..............................  15:1982(4).
32702(7)..............................  15:1982(6).
32702(8)..............................  15:1982(5).
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    In clause (1), the words ``(whether through consignment or bailment 
or through any other arrangement)'' and ``such motor vehicle'' are 
omitted as surplus.
    In clause (4), the words ``a term of'' are omitted as surplus.
    In clause (5), the words ``the distance a motor vehicle is driven'' 
are substituted for ``the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while 
in operation'' for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.


                             Pub. L. 104-287

    This amends 49:32702(8) and 32705 to clarify the restatement of 
15:1982(5) and 1988 by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 
103-272, 108 Stat. 1049).


                               Amendments

    1996--Par. (8). Pub. L. 104-287 inserted ``any'' after ``or''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-287 effective July 5, 1994, see section 
8(1) of Pub. L. 104-287, set out as a note under section 5303 of this 
title.
