Historical textIn force on Sept. 17, 2020Source: eCFR
§ 398.7 Inspection and maintenance of motor vehicles.
Wording first on file in the 1996 annual edition, superseded October 14, 2021.
49 CFR § 398.7 — Inspection and maintenance of motor vehicles.. Text in force on September 17, 2020. This wording effective October 1, 1996 to October 14, 2021. Source: eCFR as of September 17, 2020, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2020-09-17/title-49/section-398.7. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/398.7?asof=2020-09-17, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
Every motor carrier shall systematically inspect and maintain or cause to be systematically maintained, all motor vehicles and their accessories subject to its control, to insure that such motor vehicles and accessories are in safe and proper operating condition.
Amendment history
2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996- [33 FR 19765, Dec. 25, 1968, as amended at 86 FR 57077, Oct. 14, 2021]
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.