49 CFR § 543.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s543.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 543.1 - Scope."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "543.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "543"
part_name: "EXEMPTION FROM VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION STANDARD"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 322, 33101, 33102, 33103, 33104 and 33105; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 33829, Sept. 8, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "543"
---


# 543.1 Scope.

This part establishes procedures under section 605 of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (15 U.S.C. 2025) for filing and processing petitions to exempt lines of passenger motor vehicles from part 541 of this chapter, and procedures for terminating or modifying an exemption.