PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Car makers who on purpose do not attach the required label to a new car they make or import can be fined up to $1,000 for each car. If a car maker on purpose fails to clearly sign or mark that label, or makes a false mark on it, they can also be fined up to $1,000 per car. Anyone who on purpose removes, changes, or makes the label unreadable before the car is given to the actual buyer can be fined up to $1,000, jailed up to one year, or both for each car. One exception is when the manufacturer relabels a car that was rerouted, repurchased, or taken back.

Title 15, §1233

Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Failure to affix required label

Any manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who willfully fails to affix to any new automobile manufactured or imported by him the label required by section 1232 of this title shall be fined not more than $1,000. Such failure with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)Failure to endorse required label

Any manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who willfully fails to endorse clearly, distinctly and legibly any label as required by section 1232 of this title, or who makes a false endorsement of any such label, shall be fined not more than $1,000. Such failure or false endorsement with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.

(c)Removal, alteration, or illegibility of required label

Any person who willfully removes, alters, or renders illegible any label affixed to a new automobile pursuant to section 1232 of this title, or any endorsement thereon, prior to the time that such automobile is delivered to the actual custody and possession of the ultimate purchaser of such new automobile, except where the manufacturer relabels the automobile in the event the same is rerouted, repurchased, or reacquired by the manufacturer of such automobile, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Such removal, alteration, or rendering illegible with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.

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Effective Date

Section effective on the later of Oct. 1, 1958, or the first day of the introduction of any new model of automobile in any line of automobile beginning after July 7, 1958, see section 5 of Pub. L. 85–506, set out as a note under section 1231 of this title.

§1233 Violations and Penalties

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Title 15, §1233

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