Free Wyoming Odometer Disclosure Bill of Sale
Here is a federal requirement almost nobody outside the trade knows about, and it applies squarely to the kind of high-mileage, hard-working vehicles that change hands in Wyoming. Under 49 CFR 580.5, if an odometer is serviced, repaired, or replaced and the mileage cannot be left reading the same, the owner must attach a written notice to the LEFT DOOR FRAME of the vehicle stating the mileage before the repair and the date it was done. Not the glovebox. Not a folder of receipts. The door frame — so that it travels with the vehicle and the next buyer physically sees it. If you are buying a used truck, open the driver's door and look before you talk about price. If you are selling one whose cluster was replaced, that sticker is not optional.
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Wyoming Odometer Disclosure Bill of Sale — What You Need to Know
Wyoming Odometer Disclosure Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Open the driver's door and inspect the LEFT DOOR FRAME for an odometer repair notice before agreeing a price.
- If you have had an odometer serviced, repaired, or replaced and the mileage could not be preserved, attach the written notice required by 49 CFR 580.5 — stating the mileage before the work and the date.
- A replaced cluster shows the cluster's mileage, not the vehicle's. Disclose the difference.
- Record the exact current reading on the Wyoming certificate of title.
- Select the correct certification: actual mileage, exceeds mechanical limits, or not actual mileage.
- Both parties sign and date the odometer disclosure.
- The buyer completes the transfer and pays the 4% sales tax on the purchase price.
Common Pitfalls
- Replacing an instrument cluster and saying nothing. Federal law requires a notice on the left door frame, and its absence is itself a red flag to an informed buyer.
- Putting the repair notice in the glovebox or the service file. The regulation specifies the door frame precisely so that it cannot be quietly separated from the vehicle.
- Buyers never looking at the door frame — a five-second check that can reveal a rebuilt odometer.
- Copying the reading off a replacement cluster as though it were the vehicle's true mileage.
- Assuming a private, as-is sale escapes federal odometer rules. It does not.