[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR567.7]

[Page 169-170]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 567--CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 567.7  Requirements for persons who alter certified vehicles.

    A person who alters a vehicle that has previously been certified in 
accordance with Sec. 567.4 or Sec. 567.5, other than

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by the addition, substitution, or removal of readily attachable 
components such as mirrors or tire and rim assemblies, or minor 
finishing operations such as painting, or who alters the vehicle in such 
a manner that its stated weight ratings are no longer valid, before the 
first purchase of the vehicle in good faith for purposes other than 
resale, shall allow the original certification label to remain on the 
vehicle, and shall affix to the vehicle an additional label of the type 
and in the manner and form described in Sec. 567.4, containing the 
following information:
    (a) The statement: ``This vehicle was altered by (individual or 
corporate name) in (month and year in which alterations were completed) 
and as altered it conforms to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle 
Safety Standards affected by the alteration and in effect in (month, 
year).'' The second date shall be no earlier than the manufacturing date 
of the original vehicle, and no later than the date alterations were 
completed.
    (1) In the case of passenger cars manufactured on or after January 
1, 2000, the expression ``safety, bumper, and theft prevention'' shall 
be substituted in the statement for the word ``safety''.
    (2) In the case of multipurpose passenger vehicles (MPVs) and trucks 
with a GVWR of 6,000 pounds or less manufactured on or after January 1, 
2000, the expression ``and theft prevention'' shall be included in the 
statement following the word ``safety''.
    (b) If the gross vehicle weight rating or any of the gross axle 
weight ratings of the vehicle as altered are different from those shown 
on the original certification label, the modified values shall be 
provided in the form specified in Sec. 567.4(g) (3) and (5).
    (c) If the vehicle as altered has a different type classification 
from that shown on the original certification label, the type as 
modified shall be provided.

[38 FR 15963, June 19, 1973, as amended at 43 FR 21891, May 22, 1978; 45 
FR 18929, Mar. 24, 1980; 64 FR 38595, July 19, 1999]