{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-577.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 577.4","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this part:\nAct means 49 U.S.C. Chapter 30101-30169.\nAdministrator means the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or his delegate.\nFirst purchaser means the first purchaser in good faith for a purpose other than resale.\nLeased motor vehicle means any motor vehicle that is leased to a person for a term of at least four months by a lessor who has leased five or more vehicles in the twelve months preceding the date of notification by the vehicle manufacturer of the existence of a safety-related defect or noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard in the motor vehicle.\nLessee means a person who is the lessee of a leased motor vehicle as defined in this section.\nLessor means a person or entity that is the owner, as reflected on the vehicle's title, of any five or more leased vehicles (as defined in this section), as of the date of notification by the manufacturer of the existence of a safety-related defect or noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard in one or more of the leased motor vehicles.\nOwners includes purchaser.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER V—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 577—DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE NOTIFICATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"a5ee46e27d847552ddbc3fbb169fdbf37c50bcd10ff06e2625e3b09cdd2d87e6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-577.3","next":"us/49-cfr-577.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}