Interpretation ID: nht78-4.2

DATE: 01/13/78

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; John Womack; NHTSA

TO: State Farm Insurance Companies

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is to confirm your telephone conversation of December 1, 1977, with Kathy DeMeter of my staff. The question you raised was whether odometer disclosure statements have to be executed under section 580.4 and retained under section 580.7 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations when the vehicle involved is a salvage vehicle.

If the vehicle is repairable and will subsequently be used as a motor vehicle, disclosure would have to be made. Likewise, the disclosure statements would have to be maintained if section 580.7 is adopted as a final rule. However, if the vehicle is so badly damaged that it cannot be returned to the road, it will have ceased to be a motor vehicle for purposes of the regulations. Disclosure would therefore not be required.