# Odometer tampering and disclosure, with intent to defraud — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Odometer tampering and disclosure, with intent to defraud, agency is National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; statutory authority is 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327; maximum penalty is three times the actual damages or $13,676, whichever is greater, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Odometer tampering and disclosure, with intent to defraud
- **Statutory authority:** 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** three times the actual damages or $13,676, whichever is greater _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> ( 2 ) A person that violates <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/32701> 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327 or a regulation in this chapter prescribed or order issued thereunder, with intent to defraud, is liable for three times the actual damages or $13,676, whichever is greater.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-578/section-578.6

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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