49 CFR § 576.3 - Application.

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title: "49 CFR § 576.3 - Application."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "576.3"
section_name: "Application."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "576"
part_name: "RECORD RETENTION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 322(a), 30117, 30120(g), 30141-30147; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 30045, Aug. 20, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
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# 576.3 Application.

This part applies to all manufacturers of motor vehicles, with respect to all records generated or acquired on or after August 16, 1969, and to all manufacturers of motor vehicle equipment, with respect to all records in their possession, generated or acquired on or after August 9, 2002.

[67 FR 45873, July 10, 2002]