Texas Transportation Code

§ 727.002 — TAMPERING WITH ODOMETER; OFFENSE

TN § 727.002Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part J. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · Ch. 727. MODIFICATION OF, TAMPERING WITH, AND EQUIPMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

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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.

(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:

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.