Odometers—Disconnecting, resetting, or turning back prohibited.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Quinn v. Cherry Lane Auto Plaza, Inc. (2009)
Most recently applied in Quinn v. Cherry Lane Auto Plaza, Inc. (December 2009)
2005 c 295 s 8; 1983 c 3 s 119; 1969 c 112 s 2.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) The legislature intends to make it illegal for persons to turn forward the odometer on a new car to avoid compliance with the emissions standards required by chapter 295, Laws of 2005.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to disconnect, turn back, turn forward, or reset the odometer of any motor vehicle with the intent to change the number of miles indicated on the odometer gauge. A violation of this subsection is a gross misdemeanor.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.