Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:2 - Motor Carriers › Chapter 4901:2-19 - Common Carriers Engaged in the Transportation of Household Goods › Section 4901:2-19-11 - Tendering for delivery

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except upon the request or concurrence of
			 the consumer, or his representative, a shipment shall not be tendered for
			 delivery prior to the agreed delivery date or period of time specified on the
			 receipt or bill of lading.
(B) In
			 the event a carrier is able to tender a shipment for final delivery more than
			 twenty-four hours prior to the agreed delivery date or period of time specified
			 on the receipt or bill of lading, and the consumer or his representative has
			 not requested or concurred in such early delivery, the carrier may, at its
			 option, place the shipment in storage at the carrier's expense in a warehouse
			 located in close proximity to the destination point of the shipment.
A carrier exercising its option under paragraph (B) of this
				rule shall immediately notify the consumer of the name and address of the
				warehouse in which the shipment has been placed. The carrier shall make and
				keep a record of the notification as a part of its record of shipment.
Notwithstanding all carrier responsibilities pursuant to the
				bill of lading, which shall continue until final delivery, carrier
				responsibility for storage and any attendant storage charges shall not extend
				beyond the agreed delivery date or the first day of the period within which
				delivery was to have been accomplished as specified in the bill of
				lading.
(C) At the time of
			 delivery of a collect-on-demand shipment, for which a nonbinding estimate has
			 been furnished, the carrier shall relinquish possession of the shipment upon
			 payment of not more than one hundred ten per cent of the estimated charges.
			 Payment of the balance of any remaining charges shall be deferred for thirty
			 days following the date of delivery. Payment shall be made in the form as
			 specified in the estimate.
(D) At the time of
			 delivery of a collect-on-demand shipment, on which a binding estimate has been
			 furnished, the carrier shall relinquish possession of the shipment upon payment
			 of the total charge specified in the binding estimate. Payment shall be made in
			 the form as specified in the estimate.
(E) At the time of
			 delivery of a collect-on-demand shipment, on which a guaranteed-not-to-exceed
			 estimate has been furnished, the carrier shall relinquish possession of the
			 shipment upon payment of an amount equal to the maximum charge specified in the
			 estimate. Payment shall be made in the form as specified in the
			 estimate.
(F) At the time of delivery of a collect-on-demand
			 shipment on which a guaranteed-not-to-exceed oral estimate has been furnished
			 pursuant to paragraph (G) of rule
			 4901:2-19-08 of the
			 Administrative Code, the carrier shall relinquish possession of the shipment
			 upon payment of an amount equal to the maximum charge specified on the bill of
			 lading. Payment shall be made in the form as specified in the
			 estimate.
(G) At the time of delivery of a collect-on-demand
			 shipment, on which a binding oral estimate has been furnished under the
			 provisions of paragraph (F) of rule
			 4901:2-19-08 of the
			 Administrative Code, the carrier shall relinquish possession of the shipment
			 upon payment, in cash, certified check or money order, of the amount agreed
			 upon, but not exceeding, five hundred dollars.
(H) Except for as
			 provided for in paragraphs (F) and (G) of this rule, at the delivery of a
			 collect-on-demand shipment, on which the carrier did not furnish a written
			 estimate as required by rule
			 4901:2-19-08 of the
			 Administrative Code, the carrier must relinquish possession of the shipment
			 upon demand of the consumer.
(I) The responsibility
			 of interstate household goods carriers for tendering shipments of household
			 goods 
								is determined by
			 49 C.F.R.
			 375,
			 601 to
			 609 as effective on the date
			 referenced in paragraph (E) of rule
			 4901:2-19-02 of the
			 Administrative Code.