15 U.S.C. § 1233

Violations and penalties

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(a) Failure to affix required label

Any manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who willfully fails to affix to any new automobile manufactured or imported by him the label required by section 1232 of this title shall be fined not more than $1,000. Such failure with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) Failure to endorse required label

Any manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who willfully fails to endorse clearly, distinctly and legibly any label as required by section 1232 of this title, or who makes a false endorsement of any such label, shall be fined not more than $1,000. Such failure or false endorsement with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.

Any person who willfully removes, alters, or renders illegible any label affixed to a new automobile pursuant to section 1232 of this title, or any endorsement thereon, prior to the time that such automobile is delivered to the actual custody and possession of the ultimate purchaser of such new automobile, except where the manufacturer relabels the automobile in the event the same is rerouted, repurchased, or reacquired by the manufacturer of such automobile, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Such removal, alteration, or rendering illegible with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.

(Pub. L. 85–506, § 4, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 326.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Section effective on the later of Oct. 1, 1958, or the first day of the introduction of any new model of automobile in any line of automobile beginning after July 7, 1958, see section 5 of Pub. L. 85–506, set out as a note under section 1231 of this title.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1969–2014 · leading case: United States v. Frank Crippen, 570 F.2d 535 (5th Cir. 1978).

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United States v. Frank Crippen, 570 F.2d 535 (5th Cir. 1978). · cites it 2× “In March, 1975, a grand jury was investigating whether this firm had violated the Disclosure of Automobile Information Law, 15 U.S.C. § 1233 , which makes it a misdemean- or to remove a manufacturer’s price sticker from a new car or to alter the original sticker.”

Carriuolo v. Gen. Motors LLC, 72 F. Supp. 3d 1323 (S.D. Fla. 2014). “§ 1232 (requiring a vehicle “manufacturer” to apply the sticker); 15 U.S.C. § 1233 (c) (making it a misdemeanor to alter or remove a Monroney Sticker).”

Boise Dodge, Inc. v. United States, 406 F.2d 771 (9th Cir. 1969). “, a Boise, Idaho automobile dealer, appeals from its conviction, on the first two counts of a five-count indictment, of violations of 15 U.S.C. § 1233 (c) (1964), a provision of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (Act).”

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