Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§32504 Certificates of compliance
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VI— - MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS › Part PART C— - INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS › Chapter CHAPTER 325— - BUMPER STANDARDS › § 32504
Summary
Manufacturers must give dealers a delivery certificate saying the vehicle or equipment meets required standards under Secretary of Transportation rules.
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Title 49, §32504
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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, a manufacturer or distributor of a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment subject to a standard prescribed under section 32502 of this title shall give the distributor or dealer at the time of delivery a certificate that the vehicle or equipment complies with the standard.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3250415:1915(c).Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, § 105(c), 86 Stat. 952. The words “Under
Regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation” are substituted for 15:1915(c)(1) (last sentence) to eliminate unnecessary words. The text of 15:1915(c)(2) is omitted as surplus because this section only applies to a vehicle or equipment subject to a standard prescribed under section 32502 of the revised title, and a standard prescribed under that section does not apply to a vehicle or equipment intended only for export, labeled for export, and exported.
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49 U.S.C. § 32504
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73