[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR573.10]

[Page 956]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 573_DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPORTS--Table of 
Contents
 
Sec. 573.10  Reporting the sale or lease of defective or noncompliant tires.

    (a) Reporting requirement. Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, 
any person who knowingly and willfully sells or leases for use on a 
motor vehicle a defective tire or a tire which is not compliant with an 
applicable tire safety standard with actual knowledge that the 
manufacturer of such tire has notified its dealers of such defect or 
noncompliance as required under 49 U.S.C. 30118(c) or as required by an 
order under 49 U.S.C. 30118(b) must report that sale or lease to the 
Associate Administrator for Safety Assurance, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
    (b) Exclusions from reporting requirement. Paragraph (a) of this 
section is not applicable where, before delivery under a sale or lease 
of a tire:
    (1) The defect or noncompliance of the tire is remedied as required 
under 49 U.S.C. 30120; or
    (2) Notification of the defect or noncompliance is required by an 
order under 49 U.S.C. 30118(b), but enforcement of the order is 
restrained or the order is set aside in a civil action to which 49 
U.S.C. 30121(d) applies.
    (c) Contents of report; requirement of signature. (1) A report 
submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section must contain the 
following information, where that information is available to the person 
selling or leasing the defective or noncompliant tire:
    (i) A statement that the report is being submitted pursuant to 49 
CFR 573.10(a) (sale or lease of defective or noncompliant tires);
    (ii) The name, address and phone number of the person who purchased 
or leased the tire;
    (iii) The name of the manufacturer of the tire;
    (iv) The tire's brand name, model name, and size;
    (v) The tire's DOT identification number;
    (vi) The date of the sale or lease; and
    (vii) The name, address, and telephone number of the seller or 
lessor.
    (2) Each report must be dated and signed, with the name of the 
person signing the report legibly printed or typed below the signature.
    (d) Reports required to be submitted pursuant to this section must 
be submitted no more than that five working days after a person to whom 
a tire covered by this section has been sold or leased has taken 
possession of that tire. Submissions must be made by any means which 
permits the sender to verify promptly that the report was in fact 
received by NHTSA and the day it was received by NHTSA.

[65 FR 81413, Dec. 26, 2000]