To ensure a continuing and effective national safety program, it is the policy of the United States Government to encourage and strengthen State inspection of used motor vehicles. Therefore, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe uniform motor vehicle safety standards applicable to all used motor vehicles. The standards shall be stated in terms of motor vehicle safety performance.
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SUBTITLE VI— MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 301— MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
SUBCHAPTER II— STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE
§ 30115. Certification of compliance
§ 30116. Defects and noncompliance found before sale to purchaser
§ 30117. Providing information to, and maintaining records on, purchasers
§ 30118. Notification of defects and noncompliance
§ 30119. Notification procedures
§ 30120. Remedies for defects and noncompliance
§ 30120A. Recall obligations and bankruptcy of a manufacturer
§ 30121. Provisional notification and civil actions to enforce
§ 30122. Making safety devices and elements inoperative
§ 30124. Nonuse of safety belts
§ 30125. Schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment
§ 30127. Automatic occupant crash protection and seat belt use