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49 CFR 375.103 - What are the definitions of terms used in this part?
§ 375.103 What are the definitions of terms used in this part?
Terms used in this part are defined as follows. You may find other terms used in these regulations defined in 49 U.S.C. 13102. The definitions contained in this statute control. If terms are used in this part and the terms are neither defined here nor in 49 U.S.C. 13102, the terms will have the ordinary practical meaning of such terms.
Advertisement means any communication to the public in connection with an offer or sale of any interstate household goods transportation service. This includes written or electronic database listings of your name, address, and telephone number in an on-line database or displayed on an Internet web site. This excludes listings of your name, address, and telephone number in a telephone directory or similar publication. However, Yellow Pages advertising is included in the definition.
Cashier's check means a check that has all four of the following characteristics:
(1) Drawn on a bank as defined in 12 CFR 229.2.
(2) Signed by an officer or employee of the bank on behalf of the bank as drawer.
(3) A direct obligation of the bank.
(4) Provided to a customer of the bank or acquired from the bank for remittance purposes.
Certified scale means any scale inspected and certified by an authorized scale inspection and licensing authority, and designed for weighing motor vehicles, including trailers or semi- trailers not attached to a tractor, or designed as a platform or warehouse type scale.
Commercial shipper means any person who is named as the consignor or consignee in a bill of lading contract who is not the owner of the goods being transported but who assumes the responsibility for payment of the transportation and other tariff charges for the account of the beneficial owner of the goods. The beneficial owner of the goods is normally an employee of the consignor and/or consignee. A freight forwarder tendering a shipment to a carrier in furtherance of freight forwarder operations is also a commercial shipper. The Federal government is a government bill of lading shipper, not a commercial shipper.
Force majeure means a defense protecting the parties in the event that a part of the contract cannot be performed due to causes which are outside the control of the parties and could not be avoided by exercise of due care.
Government bill of lading shipper means any person whose property is transported under the terms and conditions of a government bill of lading issued by any department or agency of the Federal government to the carrier responsible for the transportation of the shipment.
Household goods, as used in connection with transportation, means the personal effects or property used, or to be used, in a dwelling, when part of the equipment or supplies of the dwelling. Transportation of the household goods must be arranged and paid for by the individual shipper or by another individual on behalf of the shipper. Household goods includes property moving from a factory or store if purchased with the intent to use in a dwelling and transported at the request of the householder, who also pays the transportation charges.
Household goods motor carrier means -
(1) In general, a motor carrier that, in the ordinary course of its business of providing transportation of household goods, offers some or all of the following additional services:
(i) Binding and nonbinding estimates;
(ii) Inventorying;
(iii) Protective packing and unpacking of individual items at personal residences;
(2) The term includes any person considered to be a household goods motor carrier under regulations, determinations, and decisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in effect on the date of enactment of the Household Goods Mover Oversight Enforcement and Reform Act of 2005 (August 10, 2005).
(3) The term does not include any motor carrier providing transportation of household goods in containers or trailers that are entirely loaded and unloaded by an individual other than an employee or agent of the motor carrier.
(4) The term does not include any motor carrier that acts as a service for the delivery of furniture, appliances, or other furnishings between a factory or a store and an individual's household.
Individual shipper means any person who -
(1) Is the shipper, consignor, or consignee of a household goods shipment;
(2) Is identified as the shipper, consignor, or consignee on the face of the bill of lading;
(3) Owns the goods being transported; and
(4) Pays his or her own tariff transportation charges
May means an option. You may do something, but it is not a requirement.
Must means a legal obligation. You must do something.
Order for service means a document authorizing you to transport an individual shipper's household goods.
Reasonable dispatch means the performance of transportation on the dates, or during the period, agreed upon by you and the individual shipper and shown on the Order For Service/Bill of Lading. For example, if you deliberately withhold any shipment from delivery after an individual shipper offers to pay the binding estimate or 110 percent of a non-binding estimate, you have not transported the goods with reasonable dispatch. The term “reasonable dispatch” excludes transportation provided under your tariff provisions requiring guaranteed service dates. You will have the defenses of force majeure, i.e., superior or irresistible force, as construed by the courts.
Should means a recommendation. We recommend you do something, but it is not a requirement.
Surface Transportation Board means an agency within the Department of Transportation. The Surface Transportation Board regulates household goods carrier tariffs among other responsibilities.
Tariff means an issuance (in whole or in part) containing rates, rules, regulations, classifications or other provisions related to a motor carrier's transportation services. The Surface Transportation Board requires a tariff contain specific items under § 1312.3(a) of this title. These specific items include an accurate description of the services offered to the public and the specific applicable rates (or the basis for calculating the specific applicable rates) and service terms. A tariff must be arranged in a way that allows for the determination of the exact rate(s) and service terms applicable to any given shipment.
We, us, and our means the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
You and your means a household goods motor carrier engaged in the interstate transportation of household goods and its household goods agents.
[ 68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 72 FR 36771, July 5, 2007; 77 FR 36934, June 20, 2012; 77 FR 59823, Oct. 1, 2012]
§ 13301 - Powers
§ 13501 - General jurisdiction
§ 13704 - Household goods rates—estimates; guarantees of service
§ 13707 - Payment of rates
§ 13902 - Registration of motor carriers
§ 14104 - Household goods carrier operations
§ 14706 - Liability of carriers under receipts and bills of lading
§ 14708 - Dispute settlement program for household goods carriers
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 49 CFR Part 375 after this date.
83 FR 24228 - Electronic Documents and Signatures; Correction
FR Doc. 2018-11127
Final rule; correction and withdrawal of regulatory guidance.
This correction is effective June 15, 2018. As of June 15, 2018, the document published at 76 FR 411 on Jan.4, 2011, is withdrawn.
49 CFR Parts 370, 371, 373, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 387, 390, 391, 395, 396, and 398
FMCSA corrects the electronic documents and signatures final rule published on April 16, 2018 that amended FMCSA regulations to allow the use of electronic records and signatures to satisfy FMCSA&apos;s regulatory requirements. This document corrects an amendatory instruction, removes two extra commas at the end of two phrases, and adds “of this section” to a cross reference in a paragraph. Finally, FMCSA rescinds its January 4, 2011, interpretations and regulatory guidance.
83 FR 16210 - Electronic Documents and Signatures
FR Doc. 2018-07749
This final rule is effective June 15, 2018. Petitions for Reconsideration of this final rule must be submitted to the Administrator of FMCSA in accordance with 49 CFR 389.35 no later than May 16, 2018.
FMCSA amends its regulations to allow the use of electronic records and signatures to satisfy FMCSA&apos;s regulatory requirements. These amendments permit the use of electronic methods to generate, certify, sign, maintain, or exchange records so long as the documents accurately reflect the required information and can be used for their intended purpose. This rule applies only to those documents that FMCSA&apos;s regulations obligate entities or individuals to retain; it does not apply to forms or other documents that must be submitted directly to FMCSA unless there are already procedures in place in the regulations for electronic submission to FMCSA. This rule partially implements the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN).
77 FR 64050 - FMCSA Policy on the Suspension of Operating Authority for Hostage Load Violations
FR Doc. 2012-25678
Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0322
Notice of enforcement policy.
This decision is effective October 18, 2012.
49 CFR Parts 365, 371, and 375
FMCSA provides notice of the Agency&apos;s new policy concerning enforcement of its household goods (HHG) motor carrier and broker regulations. FMCSA may take enforcement action when a HHG motor carrier or broker knowingly and willfully fails, in violation of a contract, to deliver or unload at the destination a shipment of HHG for which charges have been estimated and for which payment has been tendered. A motor carrier or broker found holding a HHG shipment hostage may be subject to suspension of registration for a period of not less than 12 months to not more than 36 months.
77 FR 51706 - Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer Protection Regulations: Household Goods Motor Carrier Record Retention Requirements
FR Doc. 2012-21031
RIN 2126-AB41
The effective date for the direct final rule published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2012 (77 FR 41699), is confirmed as November 13, 2012.
FMCSA confirms the effective date for its July 16, 2012, direct final rule concerning the period during which household goods (HHG) motor carriers must retain documentation of an individual shipper&apos;s waiver of receipt of printed copies of consumer protection materials. The direct final rule harmonized the retention period with other document retention requirements applicable to HHG motor carriers. FMCSA also amended the regulations to clarify that a HHG motor carrier is not required to retain waiver documentation from any individual shippers for whom the carrier does not actually provide services. The Agency did not receive any comments in response to the direct final rule and confirms the November 13, 2012, effective date of the rule.
77 FR 48460 - Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer Protection Regulations
FR Doc. 2012-19876
RIN 2126-AB52
Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0119
The effective date for the direct final rule published in the Federal Register on June 20, 2012 (77 FR 36932), is confirmed as August 20, 2012.
FMCSA confirms the effective date for its June 20, 2012, direct final rule concerning household goods consumer protection. The direct final rule amended the regulations governing the transportation of household goods to remove an obsolete requirement related to collect calls, resolved ambiguities, and made other noncontroversial amendments. The Agency did not receive any comments in response to the direct final rule and confirms the August 20, 2012, effective date of the rule.
77 FR 41699 - Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer Protection Regulations: Household Goods Motor Carrier Record Retention Requirements
FR Doc. 2012-17268
This final rule is effective November 13, 2012, unless an adverse comment, or notice of intent to submit an adverse comment, is either submitted to the above docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before August 15, 2012 or reaches the Docket Management Facility by that date. If an adverse comment, or notice of intent to submit an adverse comment, is received by August 15, 2012, we will withdraw this direct final rule and publish a timely notice of withdrawal in the Federal Register .
FMCSA amends the regulations governing the period during which household goods (HHG) motor carriers must retain documentation of an individual shipper&apos;s waiver of receipt of printed copies of consumer protection materials. This change harmonizes the retention period with other document retention requirements applicable to HHG motor carriers. FMCSA also amends the regulations to clarify that a HHG motor carrier is not required to retain waiver documentation from any individual shippers for whom the carrier does not actually provide services. This rule responds to a petition filed by the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA).
2012-06-20; vol. 77 # 119 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
77 FR 36932 - Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer Protection Regulations
FR Doc. 2012-14999
This final rule is effective August 20, 2012, unless an adverse comment, or notice of intent to submit an adverse comment, is either submitted to the above docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before July 20, 2012 or reaches the Docket Management Facility by that date. If an adverse comment, or notice of intent to submit an adverse comment, is received by July 20, 2012, FMCSA will withdraw this direct final rule and publish a timely notice of withdrawal in the Federal Register .
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) amends the regulations governing the transportation of household goods to remove an obsolete requirement related to collect calls, resolve ambiguities, and reduce a regulatory burden on household goods motor carriers.
2012-04-30; vol. 77 # 83 - Monday, April 30, 2012
77 FR 25371 - Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer Protection Regulations: Released Rates of Motor Carriers of Household Goods
FR Doc. 2012-9865
RIN 2126-AB51
Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0101
This final rule is effective May 15, 2012.
FMCSA harmonizes its regulations with a recent Surface Transportation Board (STB) order that requires certain information about household goods motor carrier liability to appear on the estimates and bills of lading that carriers must provide to individual shippers.
49 CFR 371.103 — What Are the Definitions of Terms Used in This Subpart?
49 CFR 370.9 — Disposition of Claims.