Central RV of Ottawa has agreed to pay $40,000 in penalties and fees to resolve allegations it violated the Kansas consumer protection act. Attorney general Dereck Schmidt had originally filed the suit in late December saying that Nicholas Ford, the owner and operator of central RV in Ottawa had sold salvage trailers without disclosing salvage records since at least 2013. Since travel trailers that have been salvaged cannot be titled, they can not be used legally. Central RV was permanently instructed from violating the Kansas consumer protection act and ordered to comply with Kansas statutes related to dealer licensing, sales, sales reporting, titles, and registration. Additional civil penalties $131,000 were ordered but suspended on the condition that the company remains in compliance with the terms of the injunction.
Ford and Central RV had faced at least 150 cases with a fine of $10,000 apiece.
