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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="22-405.5" title_number="22" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Equipment of Vehicles" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Other Equipment">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not sell or offer for sale, at the point of final retail sale to the consumer, an unsafe tire, for use on a highway, that does not meet or exceed the requirements set forth in subsection (b) of this section or in regulations promulgated under § 22-405(c) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A tire shall be considered unsafe if it:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has tread wear indicators and the tire is worn to the point that the tread wear indicators are flush with the tread at any place on the tire;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Does not have tread wear indicators and the tire is worn so that less than 2/32 of an inch tread remains when measured in any groove at three locations spaced approximately equally around the outside of the tire; provided that motorcycle tires shall be allowed to be worn down to 1/32 of an inch, if measured under this paragraph;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Has a worn spot that exposes the cord through the tread;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Has tread cuts, snags, or sidewall cracks in any direction which are deep enough to expose body cords;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Has visible bumps, bulges, or knots indicating partial failure or separation of the tire structure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Has unrepaired fabric breaks or the sidewall has damaged body cords;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Has been regrooved or recut except as authorized in § 22-405.1 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Is marked:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For farm use only;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For off-highway use only; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>For racing use only.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A tire failing to meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section may be sold for off-highway use only if the tire has permanently inscribed on its sidewall the letters “OH” at least 3/4 of an inch in height.</text>
  </level>
</section>
