49 CFR § 583.9 - Attachment and maintenance of label.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s583.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 583.9 - Attachment and maintenance of label."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "583.9"
section_name: "Attachment and maintenance of label."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "583"
part_name: "AUTOMOBILE PARTS CONTENT LABELING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 32304, 49 CFR 1.50, 501.2(f)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 37330, July 21, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "583"
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# 583.9 Attachment and maintenance of label.

(a) *Attachment of the label.* (1) Except as provided in (a)(2), each manufacturer shall cause the label required by § 583.5 to be affixed to each new passenger motor vehicle before the vehicle is delivered to a dealer.

(2) For vehicles which are delivered to a dealer prior to the introduction date for the model in question, each manufacturer shall cause the label required by § 583.5 to be affixed to the vehicle prior to such introduction date.

(b) *Maintenance of the label.* (1) Each dealer shall cause to be maintained each label on the new passenger motor vehicles it receives until after such time as a vehicle has been sold to a consumer for purposes other than resale.

(2) If the manufacturer of a passenger motor vehicle provides a substitute label containing corrected information, the dealer shall replace the original label with the substitute label.

(3) If a label becomes damaged so that the information it contains is not legible, the dealer shall replace it with an identical, undamaged label.