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[CITE: 49USC33111]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                      CHAPTER 331--THEFT PREVENTION
 
Sec. 33111. Verifications involving motor vehicle major parts

    (a) General Requirements.--A person engaged in the business of 
salvaging, dismantling, recycling, or repairing passenger motor vehicles 
may not knowingly sell in commerce or transfer or install a major part 
marked with an identification number without--
        (1) first establishing, through a procedure the Attorney General 
    by regulation prescribes in consultation with the Secretary of 
    Transportation under section 33109 of this title, that the major 
    part has not been reported as stolen; and
        (2) providing the purchaser or transferee with a verification--
            (A) identifying the vehicle identification number (or 
        derivative of that number) of that major part; and
            (B) verifying that the major part has not been reported as 
        stolen.

    (b) Nonapplication.--(1) Subsection (a) of this section does not 
apply to a person that--
        (A) is the manufacturer of the major part;
        (B) has purchased the major part directly from the manufacturer; 
    or
        (C) has received a verification from an insurance carrier under 
    section 33110 of this title that the motor vehicle from which the 
    major part is derived has not been reported as stolen, or that the 
    carrier has not established whether that vehicle has been stolen.

    (2) A person described under paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection 
that subsequently transfers or sells in commerce the motor vehicle or a 
major part of the vehicle shall provide the verification received from 
the carrier to the person to whom the vehicle or part is transferred or 
sold.
    (c) Regulations.--The Attorney General shall prescribe regulations 
to carry out this section. The regulations shall include regulations 
prescribed in consultation with the Secretary that are necessary to 
ensure that a verification a person provides under subsection (a)(2) of 
this section is uniform, effective, and resistant to fraudulent use.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1086.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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33111(a)..............................  15:2026b(a).                     Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  608; added Oct. 25, 1992,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 102-519, Sec.  306(c), 106
                                                                          Stat.
 3397.
33111(b)..............................  15:2026b(c) (1st, 2d
                                         sentences).
33111(c)..............................  15:2026b(b), (c) (last
                                         sentence).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the word ``distribute'' is 
omitted as being included in ``sell''. In clause (1), the word 
``establishing'' is substituted for ``determining'' for clarity and 
consistency in the revised title.
    Subsection (b)(2) is substituted for 15:2026b(c) (2d sentence) for 
clarity.


                             Effective Date

    Section 4(v) of Pub. L. 103-272 provided that: ``Section 33111 of 
title 49, United States Code, as enacted by section 1 of this Act, is 
effective on the date on which the National Stolen Passenger Motor 
Vehicle Information System is established under section 33109 of title 
49.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 33109 of this title.
