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Odometer Disclosure – Interim Owners
The following applies to all vehicles affected by odometer disclosure requirements:
The Odometer Disclosure / Title Extension form may be used. Always use the mileage
code from the current odometer disclosure statement. Do not use a mileage code from
any other supporting document, Certificate of Ownership (title) or DOL record, including
a WSP inspection form. Out of state and foreign titled vehicles follow the same
procedures.
Interim owners who are not required to title, (dealers, salvage pools, auction, etc.) must
keep a copy of the odometer statement. The odometer statement must be completed
and signed by the person from whom they acquired the vehicle, and signed by the
seller. Both disclosures must be kept for 5 years.
Only the last seller’s odometer statement is required to be presented for titling when
the Certificate of Ownership (title) is unsecured (applies to Certificates of Ownership
(titles) issued prior to January 1, 1990).
If a secure Certificate of Ownership (title) is involved, all sellers’ odometer disclosures
must be made on the back of the Certificate of Ownership or on any state’s issued /
approved secure odometer statement. A carbon copy of the state issued approved form
is acceptable if designated as the customer’s copy.
NOTE: Registered tow truck companies and auctions are not required to disclose unless
they are selling the vehicle under a dealer license.
Odometer Disclosure Leased Vehicle
At the end of a lease or when the vehicle is sold, the lessor is required to notify the lessee in
writing requiring the lessee to provide a written disclosure to the lessor. The lessee completes
the odometer disclosure statement and mails it to the lessor who keeps it for 5 years. The
lessee will then make the odometer disclosure as the seller unless the lessor has possession of
the vehicle for resale purposes. For new vehicles, the dealer discloses mileage as seller, and the
lessee acknowledges as buyer.
Odometer Disclosure Error RCW 46.12.665 WAC 308-56A-640
If the odometer reading printed on the secure certificates of ownership (title) is in error,
contact a vehicle licensing agency to determine who made the error. The Department will
determine if the error can be corrected. If so, a new Certificate of Ownership (title) application
will have to be sent into the Department to correct the error with the applicable
documentation.
Odometer Disclosure – Involuntary Divestiture
If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another, other than by voluntary transfer, the
seller, although not the owner of record, must complete an odometer disclosure statement as
transferor, and the buyer must acknowledge as transferee (Odometer disclosure from the seller