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Title 49--Transportation : Code of Federal Regulations
CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 574--TIRE IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDKEEPING
		574.9	Requirements for motor vehicle dealers.
			(a) Each motor vehicle dealer who sells a used motor vehicle for purposes other than resale, who leases a motor vehicle for more than 60 days, that is equipped with new tires is considered, for purposes of this part, to be a tire dealer and shall meet the requirements specified in §574.8. (b) Each person selling a motor vehicle to first purchasers for purposes other than resale, that is equipped with new tires that were not on the motor vehicle when shipped by the vehicle manufacturer is considered a tire dealer for purposes of this part and shall meet the requirements specified in §574.8.
		574.10	Requirements for motor vehicle manufacturers.
			Each motor vehicle manufacturer, or his designee, shall maintain a record of the new tires on or in each vehicle shipped by him or a motor vehicle distributor or dealer, and shall maintain a record of the name and address of the first purchaser for purposes other than resale of each vehicle equipped with such tires. These records shall be maintained for a period of not less than 5 years from the date of sale of the vehicle to the first purchaser for purposes other than resale.
CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 578--CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES
		578.6	Civil penalties for violations of specified provisions of Title 49 of the United States Code - (essentially, civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation. A separate violation occurs for each motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment and for each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required by any of those sections. The maximum civil penalty under this paragraph for a related series of violations is $16,050,000).

Under section 113(f) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (15 USC 1402(f) and part 574 (the “Act”), it is the tire manufacturer who has the ultimate responsibility for maintaining the records of first purchasers. Therefore, it is the tire manufacturer or its “designee” to maintain these records. The term designee, as defined in the regulation, allows tire manufacturers to designate more than one person / company to maintain the federally required information. Similarly, tire distributors and retailers can act as the manufacturer's designee thereby selecting TRR as designee.

As a designee, Tire Recall Registry, Inc. ("TRR") acts as a clearing house of high volume highly organized / sortable electronic data that is expertly disseminated to tire manufacturers. Dealers and distributors are provided confirmation of reporting along with a record of transactions arising during the previous month (or more frequently as requested).

TRR eliminates paperwork burdens on distributors and dealers by providing the most direct connection between consumers and tire manufacturers for the all-important (and Federally mandated task) of registering tire identification numbers at the point of sale when it is most effectively done to assure future safety ... precision without the hassle of (more) paperwork.

Users of the Internet gateway to Tire Recall Registry electronically provide the following information at the point of sale:

• the customer's name and address (email optional),
• brand of tire purchased, quantity sold, and state of purchase,
• the complete DOT tire identification number (TIN) of the tire(s) sold, and
• the dealer's contact information (i.e., name, address,).

EVERY BRAND OF TIRE - EVERY MANUFACTURER