# Vehicle theft protection — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Vehicle theft protection, agency is National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; statutory authority is 49 U.S.C. 33114(a)(5); maximum penalty is $222,609 a day 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:** Vehicle theft protection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 49 U.S.C. 33114(a)(5) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** $222,609 a day for each violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> ( g ) Vehicle theft protection. ( 1 ) A person that violates <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/33114> 49 U.S.C. 33114(a)(1)-(4) is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $2,998 for each violation. The failure of more than one part of a single motor vehicle to conform to an applicable standard under <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/33102> 49 U.S.C. 33102 or <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/33103> 33103 is only a single violation. The maximum penalty under this <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-578.6#p-578.6(g)(1)> paragraph (g)(1) for a related series of violations is $749,432. ( 2 ) A person that violates <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/33114> 49 U.S.C. 33114(a)(5) is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $222,609 a day 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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