Interpretation ID: aiam3391
51 Earl Street
Springfield
MA 01108;
Dear Ms. Donovan: This is in response to your letter of January 28, 1981 concerning th problems you've experienced with the odometer in your car.; The Motor Vehicle Inforamtion and Cost Savings Act (15 U.S.C. S198 *et. seq*) prohibits the disconnection, resetting, or alteration of a vehicle's odometer with the intent to change the number of miles indicated therein. The law also requires that a written disclosure of the mileage registered on an odometer be provided by the seller to the purchaser at the time the ownership of a vehicle is transferred. If the odometer mileage is incorrect, the Act requires a statement to that effect to also be furnished in written form to the buyer.; This disclosure can be made on the state's certificate of title if th certificate of title contains essentially the same information found in the Federal odometer disclosure statement. *Odometer Disclosure Requirements* (49 CFR Part 580.4(f)(1). The odometer statement on the Massachusetts certificate of title is consistent with the requirements of the Federal law and can be substituted for the Federal form. All of the other provisions of the Federal odometer laws are applicable in Massachusetts.; Accordingly, if the odometer is incapable of registering the *sam mileage after its repair or replacement, a notice in writing should be attached to the left door frame of the vehicle by the owner specifying the date the odometer was repaired or replaced and the mileage at that time. However, since you did not indicate the odometer reading was *reset*, this provision does not appear to be applicable to your case.; Sincerely, Shirley Ransom, Trial Attorney