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[CITE: 49USC32508]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                      CHAPTER 325--BUMPER STANDARDS
 
Sec. 32508. Civil actions by owners of passenger motor vehicles

    When an owner of a passenger motor vehicle sustains damages as a 
result of a motor vehicle accident because the vehicle did not comply 
with a standard prescribed under section 32502 of this title, the owner 
may bring a civil action against the manufacturer to recover the 
damages. The action may be brought in the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia or in the United States district court for 
the judicial district in which the owner resides. The action must be 
brought not later than 3 years after the date of the accident. The court 
shall award costs and a reasonable attorney's fee to the owner when a 
judgment is entered for the owner.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1047.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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32508.................................  15:1918.                         Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, Sec.
                                                                          108, 
86 Stat. 955.
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    The words ``applicable Federal'' are omitted as surplus. The words 
``when a judgment is entered for the owner'' are substituted for ``in 
the case of any such successful action to recover that amount'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
