# Odometer tampering and disclosure — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Odometer tampering and disclosure, agency is National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; statutory authority is 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327; maximum penalty is $13,676 for each violation, 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 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** $13,676 for each violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> ( f ) Odometer tampering and disclosure. ( 1 ) 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 is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $13,676 for each violation. A separate violation occurs for each motor vehicle or device involved in the violation. The maximum civil penalty under this <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-578.6#p-578.6(f)(1)> paragraph (f)(1) for a related series of violations is $1,364,624.

## 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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