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N.J.S.A. 2C:21-8 — Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle

Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Part of Chapter 21, New Jersey Statutes.

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Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-8

Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.

N.J.S.A. 2C:21-8Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22
A person commits a disorderly persons offense when he sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or exposes for sale or exchange a used motor vehicle on which he has changed or disconnected the mileage registering instrument on the vehicle to show a lesser mileage reading than that actually recorded on the vehicle or on the instrument with purpose to misrepresent the mileage of the vehicle. This provision shall not prevent the servicing, repair or replacement of a mileage registering instrument which by reason of normal wear or through damage requires service, repair or replacement if the instrument is then set at zero or at the actual previously recorded mileage. In addition to the penalty authorized for violation of this section, the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may, after notice and hearing, revoke the license of any motor vehicle dealer as defined in R.S. 39:1-1 so convicted. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:21-8, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

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Questions this section answers

Is misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle a crime in New Jersey?

Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle is a disorderly persons offense in New Jersey, which is not a crime under the New Jersey Constitution (N.J.S.A. 2C:1-4) — it carries no criminal record and is heard in municipal court. Governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:21-8.

Which New Jersey statute covers misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle?

Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:21-8 (Misrepresentation of mileage of motor vehicle).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.