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Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators

16 CFR Part 1211

16 CFR Part 1211 is Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators. To certify a product to it, 16 CFR 1110.11(a)(2) requires the rule to be stated separately on the certificate, written as "16 CFR Part 1211 — Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators", supported by testing from a laboratory CPSC has accepted for this rule. The eCFR records this part as last amended on 2024-05-13.

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16 CFR 1110.11(a)(2) requires each applicable rule to be stated separately. Listing it like this satisfies the form of the requirement:

16 CFR Part 1211 — Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators

Citing a rule does not make it applicable, and 16 CFR 1110.11(a)(2) asks for every applicable rule. Whether this one applies to your product depends on its materials, construction and intended user age, which is your determination to make.

Scope, from the regulation

Effective date. This standard applies to all residential garage door operators manufactured on or after January 1, 1993 for sale in the United States. § 1211.2 Definition. As used in this part 1211: Residential garage door operator means a vehicular door operator which: (a) Serves a residential building of one to four single family units; (b) Is rated 600 volts or less; and (c) Is intended to be employed in ordinary locations in accordance with NFPA 70 (incorporated by reference, see § 1211.32). [57 FR 60455, Dec. 21, 1992, as amended at 62 FR 46667, Sept. 4, 1997; 65 FR 70657, Nov. 27, 2000; 81 FR 20228, Apr. 7, 2016] § 1211.3 Units of measurement. If a value for measurement is followed by a value in other units, in parentheses, the second value may be only approximate. The first stated value is the requirement. [57 FR 60455, Dec. 21, 1992, as amended at 65 FR 70657, Nov. 27, 2000] § 12

Quoted from 16 CFR Part 1211 on the eCFR, retrieved 2026-08-24 and last amended, per the eCFR, on 2024-05-13. The eCFR is the authoritative text; this page is a convenience copy.

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