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- Sec. 30112. Prohibitions
on manufacturing, selling, and importing noncomplying
motor vehicles and equipment
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- GENERAL Except as
provided in this section, sections 30113 and
30114 of this title, and subchapter III of this
chapter, a person may not manufacture for sale,
sell, offer for sale, introduce or deliver for
introduction in interstate commerce, or import
into the United States, any motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment manufactured on or after
the date an applicable motor vehicle safety
standard prescribed under this chapter takes
effect unless the vehicle or equipment complies
with the standard and is covered by a
certification issued under section 30115 of this
title.
- NONAPPLICATION This
section does not apply to
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- the sale, offer for
sale, or introduction or delivery for
introduction in interstate commerce of a
motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment
after the first purchase of the vehicle
or equipment in good faith other than for
resale;
- a person
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- establishing
that the person had no reason to
know, despite exercising
reasonable care, that a motor
vehicle or motor vehicle
equipment does not comply with
applicable motor vehicle safety
standards prescribed under this
chapter; or
- holding,
without knowing about the
noncompliance and before the
vehicle or equipment is first
purchased in good faith other
than for resale, a certificate
issued by a manufacturer or
importer stating the vehicle or
equipment complies with
applicable standards prescribed
under this chapter;
- a motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment intended only for
export, labeled for export on the vehicle
or equipment and on the outside of any
container of the vehicle or equipment,
and exported;
- a motor vehicle the
Secretary of Transportation decides under
section 30141 of this title is capable of
complying with applicable standards
prescribed under this chapter;
- a motor vehicle
imported for personal use by an
individual who receives an exemption
under section 30142 of this title;
- a motor vehicle under
section 30143 of this title imported by
an individual employed outside the United
States;
- a motor vehicle under
section 30144 of this title imported on a
temporary basis;
- a motor vehicle or
item of motor vehicle equipment under
section 30145 of this title requiring
further manufacturing; or
- a motor vehicle that
is at least 25 years old.
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