Kansas Statutes
Article 58 - Crimes Involving Property
21-5835 Unlawful acts concerning odometers.

21-5835. Unlawful acts concerning odometers. (a) It is unlawful for any person:
(1) To knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, change, set back, disconnect or fail to connect the odometer of any motor vehicle, or cause any of the foregoing to occur to an odometer of a motor vehicle, so as to reflect a lower mileage than the true mileage traveled by the motor vehicle;
(2) with the intent to defraud, to operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of the motor vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional;
(3) to advertise for sale, sell, use or install on any part of a motor vehicle or on any odometer in a motor vehicle any device which the person knows can cause the odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage; or
(4) to sell or offer to sell, with the intent to defraud, a motor vehicle knowing that the odometer of such motor vehicle was tampered with, adjusted, altered, changed, set back, disconnected or failed to be connected so as to reflect a lower mileage than the true mileage of such motor vehicle.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent the service, repair or replacement of an odometer, provided the mileage indicated thereon remains the same as before the service, repair or replacement. If the odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage as before such service, repair or replacement, the odometer shall be adjusted to read zero and a notice shall be attached permanently to the left door frame of the vehicle by the owner or owner's agent specifying the mileage prior to repair or replacement of the odometer, the date on which it was repaired or replaced and the vehicle identification number except that it shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Fail to adjust an odometer or affix a notice regarding such adjustment, as required under this subsection; or
(2) remove or alter any notice affixed to a vehicle pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.
(c) Violation of this section is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to antique motor vehicles which could be registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-166 et seq., and amendments thereto, or to special interest vehicles which could be registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-194 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle other than a motorized bicycle which is self-propelled and is required to be registered under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;
(2) "vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, and is required to be registered under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except that such term shall not include motorized bicycles or mobile homes;
(3) "true mileage" means the actual mileage the motor vehicle has been driven;
(4) "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation or association; and
(5) "odometer" means an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation, but shall not include any auxiliary odometer designed to be reset by the operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose of recording mileage on trips.
(f) Every action pursuant to this section shall be brought in the district court of any county in which there occurred any act or practice declared to be a violation of this section, or in which the defendant resides or has such person's principal place of business.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 121; July 1, 2011.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments

Article 58 - Crimes Involving Property

21-5801 Theft.

21-5802 Theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake.

21-5803 Criminal deprivation of property.

21-5804 Prima facie evidence of intent to permanently deprive owner or lessor of possession, use or benefit of property.

21-5805 Unlawful acts involving theft detection shielding devices.

21-5806 Unlawful use of recordings.

21-5807 Burglary; aggravated burglary.

21-5808 Criminal trespass.

21-5809 Trespassing on railroad property.

21-5810 Criminal hunting.

21-5811 Commercial fossil hunting.

21-5812 Arson; aggravated arson.

21-5813 Criminal damage to property; aggravated criminal damage to property.

21-5814 Criminal use of an explosive.

21-5815 Criminal littering.

21-5816 Tampering with a landmark.

21-5817 Tampering with a traffic signal; aggravated tampering with a traffic signal.

21-5818 Trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility; aggravated trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility; criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility; aggravated criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility.

21-5819 Throwing or otherwise casting objects onto street, highway or railroad right-of-way or railroad property.

21-5820 Unlawful posting of political pictures and political advertisements.

21-5821 Giving a worthless check.

21-5822 Causing an unlawful prosecution for giving a worthless check.

21-5823 Forgery.

21-5824 Making false information.

21-5825 Counterfeiting.

21-5826 Destroying a written instrument.

21-5827 Altering a legislative document.

21-5828 Criminal use of a financial card.

21-5829 Unlawful manufacture or disposal of false tokens.

21-5830 Impairing a security interest.

21-5831 Warehouse receipt fraud.

21-5832 Unauthorized delivery of stored goods.

21-5833 Automobile master key violation.

21-5834 Sale of recut or regrooved tires.

21-5835 Unlawful acts concerning odometers.

21-5836 Unlawful acts concerning certificates of title.

21-5837 Adding dockage or foreign material to grain.

21-5838 Conducting a pyramid promotional scheme.

21-5839 Unlawful acts concerning computers.

21-5840 Counterfeiting currency.