Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 570 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 570-38 - MCCD REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECTION › Subject 570-38-4 - PASSENGER CARRIERS › Rule 570-38-4-.08 - Passenger Carrier Customer Baggage

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Passenger carriers shall not be compelled
				to carry baggage of passengers, except hand baggage, the character, amount,
				size, and value of which the passenger carrier may limit by its rules,
				regulations, or policies, subject to the requirements and limitations of law
				and these rules.
(2) To the extent
				that a passenger carrier provides a checking service for customer baggage, the
				carrier shall separately mark and assign a checked bag receipt for each checked
				bag to any customer using such service. The passenger carrier shall at all
				times furnish to the drivers or operators of its vehicles an adequate supply of
				such receipts to accommodate the requirements of this Rule.
(3) A passenger that is required to or that
				does check or surrender physical possession of any piece or pieces of his or
				her baggage to the passenger carrier for storage in a compartment or area of
				the passenger carrier's vehicle other than that occupied by the passenger shall
				not be responsible for loss or damage to said baggage except to the extent
				required by law.
(4) A customer or
				passenger of a passenger carrier that does not check a particular piece or
				pieces of baggage but instead retains physical possession of said baggage shall
				assume full responsibility for his or her own baggage, and the passenger
				carrier shall not be responsible to the passenger for loss or damage to said
				baggage except to the extent required by law.
(5) A passenger carrier may require that
				customers or passengers pay in advance of travel for any excess baggage fees
				the customer or passenger is subject to pursuant to the rules, regulations, and
				policies of the passenger carrier as authorized by these Rules.
(6) In the event that an item or items of
				baggage are not immediately claimed by the passenger / owner of the baggage
				upon a passenger carrier reaching a destination, the driver or operator of the
				vehicle shall:
(a) If the destination is a
				"station" or physical location at which the passenger carrier operates or
				conducts business and the passenger carrier has the resources to accommodate
				such baggage, deliver the unclaimed baggage to that location for safekeeping
				until the item(s) can be claimed by the owner or can reasonably be determined
				to be abandoned;
(b) If the
				destination is not a "station" or physical location at which the passenger
				carrier operates or conducts business or the passenger carrier does not have
				the resources to accommodate such baggage at the location, make reasonable
				efforts to store and keep safe the baggage until it can be claimed by the owner
				or until it can reasonably be determined to be abandoned; and
(c) In any event, make reasonable efforts to
				contact the owner of the baggage and inform him or her of the unclaimed baggage
				if the owner can be readily ascertained from the records of the passenger
				carrier, from the baggage itself, or from other facts known to the
				carrier.