California Vehicle Code

§ 11713.18

VEH § 11713.18 Effective Jan 1, 2006Div. 5 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)It is a violation of this code for the holder of any dealer’s license issued under this article to advertise for sale or sell a used vehicle as “certified” or use any similar descriptive term in the advertisement or the sale of a used vehicle that implies the vehicle has been certified to meet the terms of a used vehicle certification program if any of the following apply:

(1)The dealer knows or should have known that the odometer on the vehicle does not indicate actual mileage, has been rolled back or otherwise altered to show fewer miles, or replaced with an odometer showing fewer miles than actually driven.

(2)The dealer knows or should have known that the vehicle was reacquired by the vehicle’s manufacturer or a dealer pursuant to state or federal warranty laws.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 128, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006. Operative July 1, 2006, by Sec. 12 of Ch. 128.