Bill > A3725

This bill requires dealerships selling used motor vehicles to check with the vehicle's manufacturer or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for any unaddressed safety recalls on that specific vehicle before finalizing a sale. If a recall is found, the dealer must inform the potential buyer about it and, if known, whether the recall work has been completed. The bill also establishes a legal protection for dealers, creating an irrebuttable presumption that they were unaware of a recall if NHTSA's website, when checked using the vehicle's identification number, indicated no open recalls; this protection does not create a duty for the dealer to verify the accuracy of NHTSA's information or to provide recall updates added after the dealer has printed the information for the buyer. A "dealer" is defined as someone actively selling new or used motor vehicles to the public, excluding wholesale transactions or sales to businesses that dismantle vehicles. The law will take effect seven months after it is enacted.