49 U.S.C. § 33115
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
33115(a) | 15:2028(a). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat. 947, §611; added Oct. 25, 1984, Pub. L. 98-547, §101(a), 98 Stat . 2762; Oct. 25, 1992, Pub. L. 102-519, §306(a), 106 Stat. 3397. |
33115(b) | 15:2027(c)(2). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, §86 Stat . 947, §610(c)(2); added Oct. 25, 1992, Pub. L. 102-519, §§305(b), 306, 106 Stat. 3396, 3397. |
33115(c)(1) | 15:2028(b)(1) (1st sentence). | |
33115(c)(2) | 15:2028(b)(1) (2d, last sentences). | |
33115(d) | 15:2028(b)(2). | |
33115(e) | 15:2028(b)(3), (4). |
- chop shop
- "chop shop" means a building, lot, facility, or other structure or premise at which at least one person engages in receiving, concealing, destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or storing a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle part that has been unlawfully obtained-(A) to alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, falsify, forge, obliterate, or remove the identity of the vehicle or part, including the vehicle identification number or a derivative of that number; and(B) to distribute, sell, or dispose of the vehicle or part in interstate or foreign commerce.
- first purchaser
- "first purchaser" means the person making the first purchase other than for resale.
- major part
- "major part" means-(A) the engine;(B) the transmission;(C) each door to the passenger compartment;(D) the hood;(E) the grille;(F) each bumper;(G) each front fender;(H) the deck lid, tailgate, or hatchback;(I) each rear quarter panel;(J) the trunk floor pan;(K) the frame or, for a unitized body, the supporting structure serving as the frame; and(L) any other part of a passenger motor vehicle that the Secretary of Transportation by regulation specifies as comparable in design or function to any of the parts listed in subclauses (A)-(K) of this clause.
- major replacement part
- "major replacement part" means a major part that is-(A) an original major part in or on a completed motor vehicle and customized or modified after manufacture of the vehicle but before the time of its delivery to the first purchaser; or(B) not installed in or on a motor vehicle at the time of its delivery to the first purchaser and the equitable or legal title to the vehicle has not been transferred to a first purchaser.
- passenger motor vehicle
- "passenger motor vehicle" includes a multipurpose passenger vehicle or light duty truck when that vehicle or truck is rated at not more than 6,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.