{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s32701","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f32701.","heading":"Findings and purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f32701.\nFindings and purposes\n(a)\nFindings.\u2014\nCongress finds that\u2014\n(1) buyers of motor vehicles rely heavily on the odometer reading as an index of the condition and value of a vehicle;\n(2) buyers are entitled to rely on the odometer reading as an accurate indication of the mileage of the vehicle;\n(3) an accurate indication of the mileage assists a buyer in deciding on the safety and reliability of the vehicle; and\n(4) motor vehicles move in, or affect, interstate and foreign commerce.\n(b)\nPurposes.\u2014\nThe purposes of this chapter are\u2014\n(1) to prohibit tampering with motor vehicle odometers; and\n(2) to provide safeguards to protect purchasers in the sale of motor vehicles with altered or reset odometers.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s32701.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f32701."},{"t":"heading","text":"Findings and purposes"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Findings.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Congress finds that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" buyers of motor vehicles rely heavily on the odometer reading as an index of the condition and value of a vehicle;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" buyers are entitled to rely on the odometer reading as an accurate indication of the mileage of the vehicle;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" an accurate indication of the mileage assists a buyer in deciding on the safety and reliability of the vehicle; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" motor vehicles move in, or affect, interstate and foreign commerce.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this chapter are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to prohibit tampering with motor vehicle odometers; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32701/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to provide safeguards to protect purchasers in the sale of motor vehicles with altered or reset odometers.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}