580.17—Exemptions.
        
        (a) 
         A transferor or a lessee of any of the following motor vehicles need not disclose the vehicle's odometer mileage:
    
    
        
        (1) 
         A vehicle having a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, as defined in  § 571.3 of this title, of more than 16,000 pounds;
    
    
    
        
        (3) 
         A vehicle that was manufactured in a model year beginning at least ten years before January 1 of the calendar year in which the transfer occurs; or
 
    
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        (4) 
         A vehicle sold directly by the manufacturer to any agency of the United States in conformity with contractual specifications.
    
    
        
        (b) 
         A transferor of a new vehicle prior to its first transfer for purposes other than resale need not disclose the vehicle's odometer mileage.
    
    
        
        (c) 
         A lessor of any of the vehicles listed in paragraph (a) of this section need not notify the lessee of any of these vehicles of the disclosure requirements of  § 580.7.
    
    [53 FR 29476, Aug. 5, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 35888, Aug. 30, 1989. Redesignated at 62 FR 47765, Sept. 11, 1997; 63 FR 52632, Oct. 1, 1998]