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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACTMotor Vehicle Safety RegulationsStandard 115115.(1) Every vehicle shall have a vehicle identification number and the identification numbers of any two vehicles manufactured by a manufacturer within a thirty year period shall not be identical. (1.1) A vehicle that is manufactured from an incomplete vehicle shall bear the vehicle identification number assigned by the incomplete vehicle manufacturer. (1.2) Where a vehicle identification number is stated on a label bearing a statement of compliance affixed to a vehicle and the vehicle is altered, the vehicle identification number shall apply to the altered vehicle. (2) Subject to subsection (2.1), the vehicle identification number of each vehicle shall
(2.1) The vehicle identification number of a snowmobile shall
(3) The vehicle identification number of any vehicle shall be alphanumeric and shall be composed of 17 characters as follows:
(7) The check digit referred to in paragraph (3)(c) shall be determined by
(8) The fractional portion of the quotient obtained by paragraph (7)(d), multiplied by eleven, shall be the check digit, except that if that product is 10, the check digit shall be X. (9) The Minister may require manufacturers of vehicles in respect of which this section applies to submit to the Minister those characters that uniquely identify a vehicle including, where applicable, the twelfth to fourteenth characters, inclusive, that constitute part of the identifier, for each make and class of vehicle manufactured and, in all cases, the information necessary to decipher the characters in vehicle identification numbers. (10) Where a character in a vehicle identification number identifies engine net brake power, the engine net brake power represented by that character shall not differ by more than 10 per cent from the actual engine net brake power. (11) Manufacturers of vehicles in respect of which this section applies shall apply to the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association for the characters referred to in paragraphs 3(a) and (g) that uniquely identify the manufacturer, make and class of vehicle.
MODEL YEAR CODES
AUTHORIZED CHARACTERS Numbers: 1234567890 Letters: ABCDEFGHJKLMNPRSTUVWXYZ All spaces provided for in the vehicle identification number must be occupied by a character specified in this Table.
LETTER VALUES
CHARACTER AND WEIGHT FACTOR
Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978. amended by SOR/79-306 30 March, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective 1 April, 1980 Subsection 115 (3). SOR/79-940 6 December, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Renumbered from 117 to 115. SOR/82-753 29 July, 1982 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective 1 January, 1983 Revoked and replaced. SOR/87-660 19 November, 1987 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Subsection 115(2) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); section 115 of Schedule IV by adding subsection (2.1); subsection 115(4) of Schedule IV; and Table I to section 115 of Schedule IV by adding "Snowmobile: Type, line, engine type and net brake power". SOR/88-268 5 May, 1988 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Subsection 115(4) of Schedule IV; and Table I to section 115 of Schedule IV by changing "Motorcycle, moped, motor-driven cycle" to "Motorcycle or restricted-use motorcycle". SOR/88-535 18 October, 1988 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Section 115 of Schedule IV by adding subsections 115(1.1) and 115(1.2); paragraph 115(2)(c) of Schedule IV preceding subparagraph (i); subsection 115(3) of Schedule IV; subsection 115(6) of Schedule IV is revoked; subsection 115(7) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); subsections 115(9) and (10) of Schedule IV; and Table I to section 115 of Schedule IV. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER M-10 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA, 1985. SOR/92-545 17 September, 1992 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Subparagraph 115(2)(b)(ii) of Schedule IV; paragraphs 115(3)(f) and (g) of Schedule IV to the French version; subsection 115(10) of Schedule IV; subsection 115(11) of Schedule IV to the French version; item 6 and 9 of table 1 to section 115 of Schedule IV in column II; and table V to section 115 of Schedule IV. SOR/94-670 25 October, 1994 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Subsection 115(1.1) of Schedule IV of the French Version; and item 7 of the Table I to section 115 of Schedule IV of the French version. SOR/97-532 27 November, 1997 pursuant to sections 5 and 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, in force November 27, 1997 Subsection 115(11) of Schedule IV. SOR/2000-182 4 May, 2000 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force May 4, 2000 Subsection 115(4) of Schedule IV is replaced. SOR/2000-241 15 June, 2000 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force June 15, 2000 Subsection 115(2.1) of Schedule IV is replaced, Subsection 115(4) of Schedule IV is replaced. SOR/2000-304 27 July, 2000 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force July 27, 2000 The portion of paragraph 115(2)(c) of Schedule IV before subparagraph (i) is replaced; Subparagraph 115(3)(b)(i) of Schedule IV is replaced; Paragraph 115(3)(h) of Schedule IV is replaced; The portion of item 1 of Table I to section 115 of Schedule IV is replaced. SOR/2002-55 31 January, 2002 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force February 13, 2003. Subsection 115(1.1) of Schedule IV is replaced; paragraph 115(3)(b) of Schedule IV is modified following after subparagraph (ii); the portion of item 7 of Table I to section 115 of Schedule IV in column I is replaced. SOR/2003-272 24 July, 2003 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 24 July, 2003. The portion of paragraph 115(2)(c) of Schedule IV before subparagraph (i) is replaced; Subparagraph 115(3)(b)(i) of Schedule IV is replaced; Paragraph 115(3)(h) of Schedule IV is replaced; The portion of item 1 of Table I to section 115 of Schedule IV in column I is replaced. SOR/2004-250 16 November, 2004 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 16 November, 2004. Subsection 115(2.1) of Schedule IV is replaced; The portion of subsection
115(3) of Schedule IV before paragraph (a) is replaced; Subsection 115(4) of
Schedule IV is repealed.
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