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type: "LegalText"
title: "49 U.S.C. § 30126"
description: "Used motor vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
chapter_number: "301"
chapter_name: "MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY"
section: "30126"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 30126"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc49@119-100.zip"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 49 U.S.C. § 30126 - Used motor vehicles
## Text
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.
(Pub. L. 103272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 958.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3012615:1397(b)(1) (2dlast sentences).Sept. 9, 1966, Pub. L. 89563, § 108(b)(1) (2dlast sentences), 80 Stat. 722. The words “In order” are omitted as surplus. The words “United States Government” are substituted for “Congress” for clarity and consistency in the revised title. The words “Therefore, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe uniform motor vehicle safety standards applicable to all used motor vehicles” are substituted for 15:1397(b)(1) (4th sentence) to eliminate unnecessary and executed words. The text of 15:1397(b)(1) (last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary because of 5:ch. 5, subch. II. The text of 15:1397(b)(1) (3d sentence) is omitted as executed.