Free Mississippi Odometer Disclosure Bill of Sale
Mississippi runs the shortest title-transfer clock in the South — 7 working days from the sale to the County Tax Collector's counter — and that sprint is exactly why the odometer disclosure cannot be an afterthought. The certification lives in the title assignment, and a blank or botched odometer section discovered on day six leaves no slack to fix it. The federal Truth in Mileage Act (49 U.S.C. § 32705) decides who discloses: model year 2010 and older vehicles are exempt; model year 2011 and newer stay covered until they are 20 model years old. Since Mississippi publishes no official bill of sale form, a private bill of sale recording the same mileage backs up the title figure when the buyer files Form 78-006 and pays the 5% use tax.
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Mississippi Odometer Disclosure Bill of Sale — What You Need to Know
Sales Tax Details
Mississippi collects a uniform 5% use tax on the purchase price at title transfer through the County Tax Collector — no county add-ons.
Mississippi Odometer Disclosure Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Read and record the exact mileage in the title's odometer section on the day of sale — the 7-working-day clock starts immediately.
- Select the correct certification: actual mileage; exceeds mechanical limits (rollover); or not actual mileage (known discrepancy).
- Both parties sign and date the odometer disclosure in the title assignment.
- Prepare a private bill of sale with VIN, price, and the same odometer reading — Mississippi has no official form, so this document is the backup record.
- Buyer files Form 78-006 (Application for Certificate of Title) with the County Tax Collector within 7 working days.
- Buyer pays the uniform 5% use tax on the purchase price at the same counter.
- Both parties keep copies — the disclosure plus the bill of sale are the mileage history's paper trail.
Common Pitfalls
- Treating the deadline like a 30-day window — Mississippi allows 7 WORKING days, the strictest in the region.
- Leaving the odometer certification blank and discovering it at the Tax Collector's counter with no time left to cure it.
- Applying the outdated 10-year exemption: the current federal rule exempts model year 2010 and older, and covers 2011+ until 20 model years.
- Skipping the bill of sale because "Mississippi has no form" — the private document is what corroborates the title's mileage figure.
- Certifying an estimated figure on a broken odometer instead of marking "not actual mileage."