Delaware Code Title 21. Motor Vehicles § 6401. Findings;  purpose

The General Assembly hereby finds that purchasers when buying motor vehicles rely heavily on the odometer reading as an index of the condition and value of such vehicle;  that purchasers are entitled to rely on the odometer reading as an accurate reflection of the mileage actually traveled by the vehicle;  that an accurate indication of the mileage traveled by a motor vehicle assists the purchasers in determining its safety and reliability;  and that motor vehicles move in the current of interstate and foreign commerce or affect such commerce.  It is therefore the purpose of this chapter to prohibit tampering with odometers on motor vehicles and to establish certain safeguards for the protection of purchasers with respect to the sale of motor vehicles having altered or reset odometers.