Title 75, VEHICLES

Every issuing authority shall conform to such procedures and standards with respect to records of proceedings arising under this title as may be prescribed pursuant to Title 42 (relating to judiciary and judicial procedure). (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 2 years) 1978 Amen…

(a) General rule.--Subject to any inconsistent procedures and standards relating to reports and transmission of funds prescribed pursuant to Title 42 (relating to judiciary and judicial procedure): (1) Following the fifteenth and last days of each month, every issuing authority s…

Subject to any inconsistent procedures and standards relating to reports and transmission of funds prescribed pursuant to Title 42 (relating to judiciary and judicial procedure): (1) The following shall apply: (i) The clerk of any court of this Commonwealth, within ten days after…

(a) General rule.--Failure, refusal or neglect of any issuing authority or clerk of court to comply with any of the requirements of this subchapter is a summary offense punishable: (1) For a first offense, by a fine of $100. (2) For a subsequent offense, by a fine of not less tha…

The department shall file all reports and records received under the provisions of this subchapter and shall maintain suitable records or facsimiles of the records. Suspension by Court Rule. Section 6325 was suspended by Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 1101(2), adopte…

1976 Repeal. Section 6326 was repealed December 2, 1976, P.L.1238, No.275, eff. imd.

The records of the issuing authority, department and each police department required under this subchapter shall be open for inspection by any police officer or authorized employee of the department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Revenue, the Auditor General and th…

The department may send to any authorized user by electronic transmission any certification of record or abstract of records maintained by the department. Permissible uses shall include, but not be limited to, certifications of driving records and motor vehicle records. The depar…

(a) Data collection.--Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a Pennsylvania State Police officer or a local police officer shall collect, in a form and manner determined by the Pennsylvania State Police, the following information for any self-initiated traffic stop made under t…

The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Commission." The Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission established under the act of June 18, …

(a) General rule.--Each police department shall develop and implement a written emergency vehicle response policy governing the procedures under which a police officer should initiate, continue and terminate a motor vehicle pursuit. This policy may be the model policy endorsed by…

(a) General rule.--All police departments shall maintain records of all motor vehicle pursuits. (b) Procedure.--The commissioner, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association and the Fraternal Order of Police, shall develop a reporting mechanism for which al…

(a) Annual report.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall compile pursuit data sent to it by individual police departments on an annual basis. The Pennsylvania State Police shall make an annual report based on Statewide data to the Appropriations Committee, the Transportation Commi…

This subchapter does not increase the liability nor decrease the protection afforded municipalities and their employees under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 85 Subch. C (relating to matters affecting government units).

(a) General rule.--For the purposes of this title a conviction includes a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, a finding of guilty by a court or an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court. (b) Payment of fine as guilt…

(a) Violations of this title.--It is a summary offense for any person to violate any of the provisions of this title unless the violation is by this title or other statute of this Commonwealth declared to be a misdemeanor or felony. Every person convicted of a summary offense for…

(a) General offenses.--Every person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of any of the following provisions shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or both: Section 1543(a) (relating to …

A habitual offender under section 1542 (relating to revocation of habitual offender's license) who drives a motor vehicle on any highway or trafficway of this Commonwealth while the habitual offender's operating privilege is suspended, revoked or canceled commits a misdemeanor of…

(a) Order for installment payments.--(Deleted by amendment). (b) Imprisonment for nonpayment.--(Deleted by amendment). (c) Default.--If a person defaults in the payment of court costs, restitution or fines after imposition of a sentence for a violation of this title, the issuing …

1978 Repeal. Section 6505 was repealed April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, effective in 60 days.

(a) Levy and imposition.--In addition to any fines, fees or penalties levied or imposed as provided by law, under this title or any other statute, a surcharge shall be levied for disposition in accordance with subsection (b) as follows: (1) Upon conviction for any violation of th…

In addition to any fines, fees or penalties levied or imposed as provided by law, under any statute or local ordinance, and upon finding or admission of liability, a surcharge shall be levied on any parking violation notice or citation issued in a city of the first class pursuant…

Every vehicle other than a pedalcycle shall contain a vehicle identification number which shall be placed upon or incorporated into the vehicle in such manner as to be a permanent part of the vehicle.

1998 Repeal. Section 7102 was repealed December 21, 1998, P.L.1086, No.145, effective in 60 days.

1998 Repeal. Section 7103 was repealed December 21, 1998, P.L.1086, No.145, effective in 60 days.

(a) General rule.--No vehicle on which the vehicle identification number has been removed or falsified shall be titled or registered without a special permit from the department. (b) Application for plate.--Before a certificate of title or registration for the vehicle can be obta…

(a) Duty of police.--Every police officer having knowledge of a vehicle on which the vehicle identification number has been removed or falsified shall immediately seize and take possession of the vehicle and arrest or file a complaint for the arrest of the suspected owner or cust…

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person with fraudulent intent procures or attempts to procure a certificate of title or registration plate for a vehicle, or passes or attempts to pass a certificate of title or an assignment to a vehicle, knowing or …

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree if the person knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a police officer or to the department.

(a) Stolen vehicle.--Every police department or police office, having knowledge of a stolen vehicle, shall immediately furnish the State Police with full information about the stolen vehicle. The State Police shall forward the stolen vehicle information to the department. (b) Rec…

(a) General rule.--The department shall, upon receiving a report of the theft of a vehicle, make an entry onto the vehicle's record that it has been reported as stolen, which entry shall remain until a report of recovery has been received as provided in section 7113(b) (relating …

Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of title of a stolen vehicle, the department shall notify the State Police and the rightful owner and shall withhold the issuing of the certificate of title until the proper investigation is made.

No person shall remove or cause to be removed, by any false pretension or with intent to defraud, any vehicle that has been placed in a garage or automobile shop for storage, repair or garage service.

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person uses a false or fictitious name or address or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact in an application for a certificate of title or for …

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person, with fraudulent intent: (1) alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title, registration card or plate, inspection certificate or proof of financial responsibility; (2) alters or forges an assignment of…

It is unlawful to purchase or sell a certificate or any other document issued by the department. Police officers or department representatives may confiscate the documents when unlawfully possessed or used.

A person who either removes a registration plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a registration plate not authorized by law for use on the vehicle, with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the vehicle or its owner, is guilty of a summary offense punishable by…

(a) Legislative findings.--The General Assembly finds as follows: (1) Purchasers, when buying motor vehicles, rely heavily on the odometer reading of a motor vehicle as an index of the condition and value of the motor vehicle. (2) Purchasers are entitled to rely on the odometer r…

(a) Devices causing improper odometer reading.--No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use or install, or cause to be installed, any device which causes an odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven which is that mileage driven by the vehicle as regist…

(a) General rule.--Nothing in this subchapter prevents the service, repair or replacement of an odometer if the mileage indicated remains the same as before the service, repair or replacement. Where the odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage as before the service, …

(a) Odometer mileage statement.--Prior to or simultaneously with the execution of any ownership transfer document relating to a motor vehicle, each transferor of a motor vehicle shall furnish to the transferee a statement signed by the transferor containing the following informat…

(a) General rule.--Each dealer or motor vehicle auction company who is required by this subchapter to execute or receive an odometer mileage statement shall retain for four years each odometer mileage statement which he receives. He shall also retain for four years a photostat, c…

No person shall conspire with any other person to violate section 7132 (relating to prohibited activities relating to odometers), 7133 (relating to permissible activities relating to odometers) or 7134 (relating to odometer disclosure requirements).

A violation of any provision of this subchapter or regulation promulgated thereunder constitutes "unfair methods of competition" and "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" within the meaning of section 2(4) of the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair …

(a) General rule.--A person who, with intent to defraud, violates any requirement imposed under this subchapter shall be liable in an amount equal to the sum of three times the amount of actual damages sustained or $3,000, whichever is the greater, and, in the case of any success…

(a) Criminal penalty.--A person who knowingly and willfully commits any act or causes to be done any act that violates any provision of this subchapter or knowingly and willfully omits to do any act or causes to be omitted any act that is required by any such provision commits a …