California · Vehicle Code

VEH §28050: It is unlawful for any person to advertise for sale, to sell, to use, or to install on any part of a motor vehicle or on an odometer in a motor vehicle any device which causes the odometer to register

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to advertise, sell, use, or install a device that makes a vehicle's odometer show false mileage instead of actual miles driven.

Read the full statutory text

It is unlawful for any person to advertise for sale, to sell, to use, or to install on any part of a motor vehicle or on an odometer in a motor vehicle any device which causes the odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven. For the purposes of this section the true mileage driven is that mileage driven by the car as registered by the odometer within the manufacturer’s designed tolerance.

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