# Civil Penalties
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2010-02-02 · Effective 2010-03-04 · 75 FR 5244
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-1957
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 5244
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 578
- **Publication date:** 2010-02-02
- **Effective date:** 2010-03-04
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0066
## Abstract

This document increases the maximum civil penalty amounts for violations of motor vehicle safety requirements involving school buses, bumper standards, consumer information requirements, odometer tampering and disclosure requirements, and vehicle theft protection requirements. This action is taken pursuant to the Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/02/02/2010-1957/civil-penalties)
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