Interpretation ID: aiam1052
Adjutant
Georgia State Patrol
Post Office Box 1456
Atlanta
GA 30301;
Dear Captain Richardson: The Department of Transportation appreciates your conscientiou response to the federal odometer disclosure regulations. The Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act requires disclosure of odometer readings, but the regulations issued to implement the Act do not require you to use a federally-printed form to make the disclosure and the government therefore does not provide such forms. The regulation specifies the information which must appear on the form executed by the transferor and is enclosed to offer an illustrative example.; Several methods would satisfy the regulation, assuming they al included the required information:; >>>(1) Stationary supply companies are printing forms and use of such separate unofficial form is satisfactory.; (2) State disclosure requirements and forms may fulfull (sic) th federal requirements or be modified to do so.; (3) Title states are encouraged to include the federal disclosur statement on title forms to cover the majority of transactions where the title accompanies the transfer.; (4) A transferor can make his own form by writing or typing th required information on a sheet of paper, signing it, and giving it to the transferee.<<<; It should be noted in conclusion that the federal government does no require a copy of this document.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel