5.020 Disclosure Features

All states are required to provide an odometer disclosure section/space on complying titles or complying forms. The odometer disclosure should contain:

• The complete vehicle description (make, year model, body type, and vehicle identification number).
• The date of sale.
• Reference to federal and state law with the following or similar wording:
  Federal and state law requires that you state the mileage upon transfer of ownership; failure to complete or providing a false statement may result in fines and/or imprisonment.
• The numeric odometer mileage reading that appears on the vehicle’s odometer and an indication that the reading is the actual mileage, not the actual mileage, or exceeds mechanical limits.
• The transferor’s/seller’s printed name, current address, and signature.
• The transferee’s/buyer’s printed name, current address, and signature.

California odometer disclosure statements contain a perjury statement which is not required on other state, auto auction, or government surplus auction (GSA) forms.