Actions by the Attorney General
- Sec. 30163. Actions by the
Attorney General
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- CIVIL ACTIONS TO ENFORCE The
Attorney General may bring a civil action in a
United States district court to enjoin
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- a violation of this
chapter or a regulation prescribed or
order issued under this chapter; and
- the sale, offer for
sale, or introduction or delivery for
introduction, in interstate commerce, or
the importation into the United States,
of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle
equipment for which it is decided, before
the first purchase in good faith other
than for resale, that the vehicle or
equipment
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- contains a
defect related to motor vehicle
safety about which notice was
given under section 30118(c) of
this title or an order was issued
under section 30118(b) of this
title; or
- does not
comply with an applicable motor
vehicle safety standard
prescribed under this chapter.
- PRIOR NOTICE When
practicable, the Secretary of Transportation
shall notify a person against whom a civil action
under subsection (a) of this section is planned,
give the person an opportunity to present that
person's views, and, except for a knowing and
willful violation of this chapter, give the
person a reasonable opportunity to remedy the
defect or comply with the applicable motor
vehicle safety standard prescribed under this
chapter. Failure to give notice and an
opportunity to remedy the defect or comply with
the applicable motor vehicle safety standard
prescribed under this chapter does not prevent a
court from granting appropriate relief.
- VENUE Except as
provided in section 30121(d) of this title, a
civil action under this section or section 30165(a)
of this title may be brought in the judicial
district in which the violation occurred or the
defendant is found, resides, or does business.
Process in the action may be served in any other
judicial district in which the defendant resides
or is found.
- JURY TRAIL DEMAND In a
trial for criminal contempt for violating an
injunction or restraining order issued under
subsection (a) of this section, the violation of
which is also a violation of this chapter, the
defendant may demand a jury trial. The defendant
shall be tried as provided in rule 42(b) of the
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (18 App. U.S.C.).
- SUBPOENA FOR WITNESSES.
In a civil action brought under this section, a
subpoena for a witness may be served in any
judicial district.
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