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title: "49 U.S.C. § 33118"
description: "Preemption of State and local law"
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title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
chapter_number: "331"
chapter_name: "THEFT PREVENTION"
section: "33118"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 33118"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 33118 - Preemption of State and local law
## Text
When a motor vehicle theft prevention standard prescribed under section 33102 or 33103 of this title is in effect, a State or political subdivision of a State may not have a different motor vehicle theft prevention standard for a motor vehicle or major replacement part.
(Pub. L. 103272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1093.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3311815:2031.Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92513, 86 Stat. 947, § 614; added Oct. 25, 1984, Pub. L. 98547, § 101(a), 98 Stat. 2763; Oct. 25, 1992, Pub. L. 102519, § 306(a), 106 Stat. 3397. The words “may not have” are substituted for “no . . . shall have any authority either to establish, or to continue in effect” to eliminate unnecessary words.