[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR577.4]

[Page 1073]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 577_DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE NOTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  577.4  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this part:
    Act means 49 U.S.C. Chapter 30101-30169.
    Administrator means the Administrator of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration or his delegate.
    First purchaser means the first purchaser in good faith for a 
purpose other than resale.
    Leased motor vehicle means any motor vehicle that is leased to a 
person for a term of at least four months by a lessor who has leased 
five or more vehicles in the twelve months preceding the date of 
notification by the vehicle manufacturer of the existence of a safety-
related defect or noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety 
standard in the motor vehicle.
    Lessee means a person who is the lessee of a leased motor vehicle as 
defined in this section.
    Lessor means a person or entity that is the owner, as reflected on 
the vehicle's title, of any five or more leased vehicles (as defined in 
this section), as of the date of notification by the manufacturer of the 
existence of a safety-related defect or noncompliance with a Federal 
motor vehicle safety standard in one or more of the leased motor 
vehicles.
    Owners includes purchaser.

[41 FR 56816, Dec. 30, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 17270, Apr. 5, 1995]