# Country of origin content labeling — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Country of origin content labeling, agency is National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; statutory authority is 49 U.S.C. 32304; maximum penalty is $2,224 for each violation, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Country of origin content labeling _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 49 U.S.C. 32304 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** $2,224 for each violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> ( e ) Country of origin content labeling. A manufacturer of a passenger motor vehicle distributed in commerce for sale in the United States that willfully fails to attach the label required under <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/32304> 49 U.S.C. 32304 to a new passenger motor vehicle that the manufacturer manufactures or imports, or a dealer that fails to maintain that label as required under <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/32304> 49 U.S.C. 32304 , is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $2,224 for each violation.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-578/section-578.6

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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