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15 U.S.C. § 1231

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For purposes of this chapter—(a) The term “manufacturer” shall mean any person engaged in the manufacturing or assembling of new automobiles, including any person importing new automobiles for resale and any person who acts for and is under the control of such manufacturer, assembler, or importer in connection with the distribution of new automobiles.(b) The term “person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, or any organized group of persons.(c) The term “automobile” includes any passenger car or station wagon.(d) The term “new automobile” means an automobile the equitable or legal title to which has never been transferred by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to an ultimate purchaser.(e) The term “dealer” shall mean any person resident or located in the United States or any Territory thereof or in the District of Columbia engaged in the sale or the distribution of new automobiles to the ultimate purchaser.(f) The term “final assembly point” means—(1) in the case of a new automobile manufactured or assembled in the United States, or in any Territory of the United States, the plant, factory, or other place at which a new automobile is produced or assembled by a manufacturer and from which such automobile is delivered to a dealer in such a condition that all component parts necessary to the mechanical operation of such automobile are included with such automobile, whether or not such component parts are permanently installed in or on such automobile; and(2) in the case of a new automobile imported into the United States, the port of importation.(g) The term “ultimate purchaser” means, with respect to any new automobile, the first person, other than a dealer purchasing in his capacity as a dealer, who in good faith purchases such new automobile for purposes other than resale.(h) The term “commerce” shall mean commerce among the several States of the United States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or among the Territories or between any Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation. New automobiles delivered to, or for further delivery to, ultimate purchasers within the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territories of the Pacific, the Canal Zone, Wake Island, Midway Island, Kingman Reef, Johnson Island, or within any other place under the jurisdiction of the United States shall be deemed to have been distributed in commerce.(Pub. L. 85–506, § 2, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 325; Pub. L. 92–359, July 28, 1972, 86 Stat. 502.)Editorial NotesReferences in Text

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (h), see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Amendments

1972—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 92–359 inserted provision that new automobiles delivered to ultimate purchasers within the United States and other enumerated areas shall be deemed to have been distributed in commerce.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Pub. L. 85–506, § 5, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 327, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] shall take effect on the first day of October 1958 or on the first day of the introduction of any new model of automobile in any line of automobile beginning after the date of enactment of this Act [July 7, 1958], whichever date shall last occur.”

Short Title

Pub. L. 85–506, § 1, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 325, provided: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Automobile Information Disclosure Act’.”

Executive DocumentsTermination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1960–2025 · leading case: Caitlin Ahearn v. Hyundai Motor Am., 926 F.3d 539 (9th Cir. 2019).
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Caitlin Ahearn v. Hyundai Motor Am., 926 F.3d 539 (9th Cir. 2019). “325 (codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1231–1233). IN RE HYUNDAI AND KIA FUEL ECON.”
Caitlin Ahearn v. Hyundai Motor Am., 881 F.3d 679 (9th Cir. 2018). “Mike Monroney, sponsor of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1231–1233. The Act requires a car manufacturer to affix a label displaying information about the car’s fuel efficiency to the window of every new vehicle sold in the United States.”
Reiff v. Don Rosen Cadillac-BMW, Inc., 501 F. Supp. 77 (E.D. Pa. 1980). · cites it 4× “§ 2310 (d), under the Disclosure of Automobile Information Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1231 et seq., and under the Odometer Requirement Act, 15 U.”
Rosack v. Volvo of Am. Corp., 1982 Trade Cas. (CCH) 65,145 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982). “( 15 U.S.C. § 1231 et seq.) 4 San Mateo County Superior Court rule XXVI sets out procedures for pretrial conferences and evidentiary hearings to resolve preliminary issues in class action suits brought under Code of Civil Procedure section 382 or under the Consumers Legal…”
Zeno v. Ford Motor Co., Inc., 480 F. Supp. 2d 825 (W.D. Pa. 2007). “With respect to the window sticker specifically, defendant cites a federal statute which requires the placement of a window sticker on every new automobile, see 15 U.S.C. §§ 1231 , et seq., and decisions in support of the proposition that window stickers are insufficient to form…”
Bonilla v. Volvo Car Corp., 150 F.3d 62 (1st Cir. 1998). “” 15 U.S.C. § 1231 (a). Volvo asks us to read the Monroney Act as if the duty to install the label on imported cars falls on the importer rather than upon the foreign manufacturer.”
Grappone, Inc. v. Subaru of Am., Inc., 403 F. Supp. 123 (D.N.H. 1975). “Both 15 U.S.C. § 1231 (a) (Disclosure of Automobile Information) and 15 U.”
Valley Ice & Fuel Co., Inc. v. United States, 30 F.3d 635 (5th Cir. 1994). “” See 15 U.S.C. § 1231 (g) (defining “ultimate purchaser” with respect to the disclosure of information with respect to the purchase of automobiles); 15 U.”
Giant Food Inc. v. Fed. Trade Comm'n, 322 F.2d 977 (D.C. Cir. 1963). “325 , 15 U.S.C. § 1231 . 15 . F. C. C. v. WOKO, Inc.”
Gordon v. Softech Int'l, Inc., 828 F. Supp. 2d 665 (S.D.N.Y. 2011). “Personal information shall be disclosed for, among other things, “use in connection with matters of motor vehicle or driver safety and theft, motor vehicle emissions, [and] motor vehicle product alterations, recalls, or advisories” to carry out the purposes of the Automobile…”
Trumbull Chevrolet Sales Co. v. Seawright, 134 So. 2d 829 (Fla. 1st DCA 1961). “Among them was the automobile in suit and attached thereto was the manufacturer's window sticker placed thereon pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 85-506, 85th Congress, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1231 et seq., reflecting the delivery thereof to Trumbull as the dealer and other data,…”
Motor Veh. Mfrs. Ass'n of United States, Inc. v. Abrams, 684 F. Supp. 804 (S.D.N.Y. 1988). “Ford, a member of plaintiff association, identified this surcharge on the window sticker that is required by federal law and made part of the sales agreement ( 15 U.S.C. §§ 1231 et seq.; the so-called “Monroney Sticker”), and that shows the price breakdown of the vehicle.”
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