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What must you know before release?
CPSC’s resale FAQ says resellers are not required to test used products. It does not make unlawful goods saleable. Establish the model, serial/lot details and actual source, whether the item was bought, donated or returned.
Under 15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(2), the prohibition depends on specified corrective-action, order and ban conditions. Subsection (b)’s certificate/good-faith provisions also have actual qualifications; a general supplier reassurance does not establish them. Not every informal recall can be substituted for the statute’s specific conditions.
A hold is an operating choice while the answer is missing
Keeping an unidentified item out of sale while the responsible person obtains the applicable notice and remedy is a sensible internal control, not an extra law invented by this guide. Release, return or other disposition needs the actual product and legal/remedy basis.
New information can also appear after intake. Product certificates, broader safety/incident reporting, special/excluded products such as food/drugs, tax and premises have separate requirements.
Scope
- Federal consumer-product resale starting point, using the cited statute compiled through 15 October 2026; no particular product approval, qualification or remedy is determined.
Next step
Identify the goods and applicable action before relying on a supplier assurance to release them for sale.
Sources & review notes
U.S. House Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Passage, dates and research notes
primary · Subsections (a)(2)(B)–(D),(b)
Text contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-124 (October 15, 2026).
Actual current official body read; export cpsc-2068-reader.json. Prohibited-sale categories include the specified CPSC-related corrective action/order/ban conditions; subsection (b) has qualified certificate/good-faith provisions. Not an unlimited slogan about any informal recall. Exact request time unavailable; day-precision fetch retained.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Inventory checks, used-product testing and unlawful products
resellers are not required to test used products for safety
Actual complete FAQ body read from cpsc-resale-faq-guide-reader.json. Its used-product testing statement does not permit unlawful product sales. Technical app suggestions not repeated; no raw-HTML hash claimed.
Detailed rule records (1)
2068(a)(2) prohibits the stated sale/distribution categories under its conditions, with subsection (b) qualifications. CPSC’s resale FAQ says used-product testing is not required but does not permit unlawful products. Screen the actual item/recall/remedy before release.
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