Sections
§ 6401 Findings; purpose 21
§ 6402 Definitions 21
§ 6403 Unlawful devices 21
§ 6404 Unlawful change of mileage 21
§ 6405 Possession with intent to defraud 21
§ 6406 Lawful service, repair or replacement 21
§ 6407 Disclosure of odometer information 21
§ 6408 Exemptions 21
§ 6409 Disclosure of odometer information for leased motor vehicles 21
§ 6410 Disclosure of odometer information by power of attorney 21
§ 6411 Power of attorney to review title documents and acknowledge … 21
§ 6412 Certification by person exercising powers of attorney 21
§ 6413 Access of transferee to prior title and power of attorney documents 21
§ 6414 Odometer disclosure statement retention 21
§ 6415 Odometer record retention for auction companies 21
§ 6416 Security of title documents 21
§ 6417 Review of disclosure statements 21
§ 6418 Responsibilities of motor vehicle dealers 21
§ 6419 Documents acceptable as odometer disclosure statements 21
§ 6420 Penalties; jurisdiction 21

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 21 > Chapter 64 - Odometers

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • dealership: means any person, corporation, partnership or limited partnership who has sold 5 or more motor vehicles within the 12 months preceding the date of a violation of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lessee: means any person, or the agent for any person, who has leased for a term of at least 4 months. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Lessor: means any person, or the agent for any person, who has leased 5 or more motor vehicles in the past 12 months. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Mileage: means actual distance that a vehicle has traveled. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Odometer: means an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation; but shall not include any auxiliary odometer designed to be reset by the operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose of recording mileage on trips. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Secure printing process or other secure process: means any process which deters and detects counterfeiting and/or unauthorized reproduction and allows alterations to be visible to the naked eye. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Transfer: means to change ownership of a motor vehicle by purchase, gift or any other means. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Transferee: means any person to whom ownership in a motor vehicle is transferred by purchase, gift or other means other than by creation of a security interest, and any person who, as agent, signs an odometer disclosure statement for the transferee. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • Transferor: means any person who transfers ownership of a motor vehicle by sales, gift or any means other than by creation of a security interest, and any person who, as agent, signs an odometer disclosure statement for the transferor. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 6402
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302