Kentucky Statutes 190.270 – Unlawful acts — Suspension and revocation schedule for violations
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to advertise for sale, to sell, to use, or to install or to have installed, any device which causes an odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven. For purposes of this section, the true mileage driven is that mileage the vehicle has been driven as registered by the odometer within the manufacturer‘s designed tolerance.
(2) It is unlawful for any person or his agent to disconnect, reset, or alter the odometer of any motor vehicle or motor home with the intent to change the number of miles indicated thereon.
(3) It is unlawful for any person with the intent to defraud to operate a motor vehicle or motor home on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional.
(4) The commission shall deny, suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates or causes, aids or abets any violation of this section which denial, suspension or revocation may be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other penalties provided for elsewhere in this chapter.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 23, effective January 1, 2015. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 357, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. — Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 246, secs. 2, 3, 4, effective June 19, 1976.
(2) It is unlawful for any person or his agent to disconnect, reset, or alter the odometer of any motor vehicle or motor home with the intent to change the number of miles indicated thereon.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 190.270
- Commission: means the Motor Vehicle Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
- Manufacturer: means any person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or trust, resident or nonresident, who manufactures or assembles new motor vehicles, or imports for distribution through distributors of new motor vehicles, or any partnership, firm, association, joint venture, corporation, or trust, resident or nonresident, which is controlled by the manufacturer. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the public highways that is self-propelled, including low-speed motor vehicles as defined in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
- Person: means a person, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
- Sale: means the issuance, transfer, agreement for transfer, exchange, lease, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage in any form, whether by transfer in trust or otherwise, of any motor vehicle or interest in it, or of any franchise related to it, as well as any option, subscription, other contract, or solicitation looking to a sale, offer to attempt to sell in any form, whether spoken or written. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
(3) It is unlawful for any person with the intent to defraud to operate a motor vehicle or motor home on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional.
(4) The commission shall deny, suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates or causes, aids or abets any violation of this section which denial, suspension or revocation may be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other penalties provided for elsewhere in this chapter.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 23, effective January 1, 2015. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 357, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. — Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 246, secs. 2, 3, 4, effective June 19, 1976.