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Which CPSC certificate do I need?

Pick your product type. We show the CPSC rules that likely apply, whether you need a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) or a Children's Product Certificate (CPC), and whether a CPSC-accepted lab has to test it. Free, no sign-up.

Designed or intended primarily for children 12 or younger?

For example 9503.00. We only use the first 6 digits. Your broker handles the full classification.

Likely requirements for strollers and carriages

General information based on CPSC's published rule lists, not legal advice and not a compliance determination. Your lab, broker or attorney confirms what applies to your exact product.
This product type is a children's product by definition. Durable infant or toddler products (16 CFR 1130) are intended for children under 5. The children's product rules below apply whatever your answer. If your product is not made for babies or young children, it likely belongs in a different category.

Certificate type

Children's Product Certificate (CPC)

Children's products need a CPC based on testing by a CPSC-accepted third-party lab.

Third-party testing

Required

Use a CPSC-accepted lab and enter it as type ITL with its 4-digit lab ID.

Rules that apply to every product in this category

  • 16 CFR part 1227Third-party testing for children's products

    Carriages and strollers

  • 15 U.S.C. 1278aThird-party testing for children's products

    Total lead content

Also applies if…

  • Product has paint, ink, or a similar surface coating

    • 16 CFR part 1303Third-party testing for children's products

      Paints and similar surface coatings containing lead

  • The item (or an attached part) is a toy, i.e. has play value for a child 12 or under

    • 16 CFR part 1250Third-party testing for children's products

      Children’s toys (ASTM F963)

  • The item (or an attached part) is a toy, or it is a child care article for ages 3 and under

Notes for this category

ASTM F833-21 via 16 CFR 1227. Toy bars are toys. Travel systems with a car seat: the car seat is NHTSA-regulated. Durable infant or toddler product: also needs a product registration card (16 CFR 1130) and tracking labels; neither is a lab test, so they are not listed as rules here.

Other requirements (not certificate tests)

  • Product registration card (16 CFR 1130)
  • Tracking label (CPSIA section 103) on product and packaging

Next: build the certificate and get your three Registry IDs

CertPrepy turns your lab report into a CPC, checks it against the Registry's rules, and gives your broker the Certifier ID, Product ID and Version ID.

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Rule data last verified 2026-10-18 against CPSC's GCC rule list and third-party testing list and the eCFR (as of 2026-10-15). Pending review by a compliance consultant.