Monroney Sticker History

First off, the name of the sticker is "MoN-roney Sticker" NOT "Maroney". This is the window sticker that is required by federal law to be afixed on all new vehicles containing the following information:

• Make
• Model
• Serial or Identification Numbers
• The final assembly point
• The name, and the location of the place of business, of the dealer to whom it is to be delivered
• The method of transportation used in making delivery of such automobile, if driven or towed from final assembly point to place of delivery
• The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP or "sticker price") of the base vehicle
• The MSRP of optional equipment installed on the base vehicle
• The transportation charges for delivery of the vehicle to the dealer from the manufacturer
• The TOTAL MSRP of all the above.
• The EPA mileage estimates are also normally included on this sticker

The Automobile Information Disclosure Act was passed in 1958 and was authored by A.S. "Mike" Monroney, a longtime Oklahoma congressman who wrote the law, and who's name is constantly being "mis-pronounced" as "Moroney" throughout the entire automotive industry.

The actual United States Code is Title 15, Chapter 28, Sections 1231-1233.

For more information check out the following:

• Office of Consumer Protection Litigation, Department of Justice
• Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law Library
• FindLaw Statutes
• Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, OK