Interpretation ID: aiam1168
Ratliff Motor Company
Post Office Box 400
Live Oak
FL 32060;
Dear Mr. Howard: This is in response to your request for odometer disclosure forms. The Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act requires disclosur 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 (Part 580) specifies an adequate format and is enclosed for your information. This format will satisfy federal disclosure requirements throughout the fifty states and permits use of identical forms in all jurisdictions.; The use of a commercially- prepared form is satisfactory if it contain the required information. The document does not have to be separate from other transfer documents, and in the case of a transferor using a bill of sale or other transfer document, the statement may be included within the form. The statement must be executed prior to the transfer. Either the original or a carbon copy may be given to the transferee.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel