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[CITE: 49USC30115]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
                    CHAPTER 301--MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE
 
Sec. 30115. Certification of compliance

    A manufacturer or distributor of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle 
equipment shall certify to the distributor or dealer at delivery that 
the vehicle or equipment complies with applicable motor vehicle safety 
standards prescribed under this chapter. A person may not issue the 
certificate if, in exercising reasonable care, the person has reason to 
know the certificate is false or misleading in a material respect. 
Certification of a vehicle must be shown by a label or tag permanently 
fixed to the vehicle. Certification of equipment may be shown by a label 
or tag on the equipment or on the outside of the container in which the 
equipment is delivered.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 947.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)               Source (Statutes at Large)
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30115.................................  15:1397(a)(1)(C), (E) (related   Sept. 9, 1966, Pub. L. 89-563, Sec.
                                         to 15:1403).                     108(a)(1)(C), (E) (related to Sec.
                                                                          114), 80 Stat. 722; Oct. 27, 1974,
                                                                          Pub. L. 93-492, Sec.  103(a)(1)(A),
                                                                          (2)(B), 88 Stat. 1477, 1478.
                                        15:1403.                         Sept. 9, 1966, Pub. L. 89-563, Sec.
                                                                          114, 80 Stat. 726.
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    The words ``fail to issue a certificate required by section 1403 of 
this title'' in 15:1397(a)(1)(C) and the text of 15:1397(a)(1)(E) 
(related to 15:1403) are omitted as surplus. The word ``certify'' is 
substituted for ``furnish . . . the certification'' in 15:1403 to 
eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``the time of'' and ``of such 
vehicle or equipment by such manufacturer or distributor'' are omitted 
as surplus. The words ``prescribed under this chapter'' are added for 
clarity. The word ``reasonable'' is substituted for ``due'' in 
15:1397(a)(1)(C) for consistency in the revised title. The words ``to 
the effect that a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment 
conforms to all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards'' are 
omitted because of the restatement. The words ``shown by'' are 
substituted for ``in the form of'' in 15:1403 for clarity.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 30112, 30141, 30165 of this 
title.