Texas Transportation Code 727.002 – Tampering With Odometer; Offense
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent to defraud, disconnects or resets an odometer to reduce the number of miles indicated on the odometer.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is punishable by:
(1) confinement in the county jail for not more than two years;
(2) a fine not to exceed $1,000; or
(3) both the confinement and fine.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 727.002
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable by:
(1) confinement in the county jail for not less than 30 days or more than two years; and
(2) a fine not to exceed $2,000.
(d) In this section, “odometer” means an instrument for measuring and recording the distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation but does not include an auxiliary odometer designed to be reset by the operator to record mileage on trips.