Interpretation ID: aiam3660
Director
Vehicle Registration Section
Division of Motor Vehicles
1100 New Bern Avenue
Raleigh
NC 27697;
Dear Mr. Rivers: This is in response to your letter of January 24, 1983 requesting tha North Carolina be granted an exemption from the requirements of the Federal Odometer Disclosure law and its accompanying regulation. Your request is denied.; The proposed North Carolina title and transfer document does no conform with the regulation's requirements. If you wish to use the title in lieu of a separate Federal odometer statement, the transferee's (purchaser's) signature must appear on the title and transfer document. The Agency considers this signature to be essential because it is an acknowledgment that the purchaser was aware of the mileage. The purchaser, when he signs the document, is prevented from later alleging that he was not informed of the mileage or that the mileage was different from that appearing on the title. If this signature is added, the North Carolina title will satisfy the Federal odometer disclosure statement requirements.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Chief Counsel