---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 511.57"
title: "49"
number: "511.57"
heading: "Effective date of order."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/511.57"
---

# §511.57. Effective date of order.

- (a) **Consent orders.** An order which has been issued following acceptance of an offer of settlement in accordance with [§ 511.26](/cfr/49/511.26.md) becomes effective upon issuance.
- (b) **Litigated orders.** All other orders become effective upon the expiration of the statutory period for court review specified in [section 508(c)(1)](/cfr/49/508.md?p=c-1) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, [title 15](/cfr/15.md), U.S.C. [section 2008(c)(1)](/cfr/49/2008.md?p=c-1), Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 911, or, if a petition for review has been filed, upon court affirmance of the Administrator's order.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2002; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 81578, Dec. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.