49 CFR § 592.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s592.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 592.1 - Scope."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "592.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "592"
part_name: "REGISTERED IMPORTERS OF VEHICLES NOT ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED TO CONFORM TO THE FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 100-562, 49 U.S.C. 322(a), 30117, 30141-30147; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 40090, Sept. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "592"
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# 592.1 Scope.

This part establishes procedures under 49 U.S.C. 30141(c) for the registration of importers of motor vehicles that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards. This part also establishes the duties of Registered Importers.

[59 FR 52098, Oct. 14, 1994]