The dresser tip-over safety standard
In effect since May 24, 2023.
CPSC’s Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units (final rule November 25, 2022, effective May 24, 2023) requires dressers, chests, bureaus and similar units to be tested for stability, exceed minimum stability requirements, and carry warning labels and a hang tag with stability performance data. CPSC found an unreasonable risk of injury and death, particularly to children, from these units tipping over.
Older furniture
Furniture made before the standard may not meet it. Tip-over recalls of dressers appear in CPSC’s recall list every month; see the recalls hub for the latest.
What to do now
- Anchor dressers, bookcases and TVs to the wall with anti-tip kits, whatever their age.
- Check the furniture tip-over recall category for anything you own.
Federal Register documents
- 2022-11-25FR Doc. 2022-24587 · Final rule: Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units.
- 2025-11-28FR Doc. 2025-21511 · Information collection notice (extension).
- 2026-01-30FR Doc. 2026-01885 · Information collection submitted to OMB (extension).
A plain-language summary of public documents, not legal or tax advice. Rules in this area have changed several times since 2024; the dates above are the record. Report a change we missed.