[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR108.203]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 108--AIRCRAFT OPERATOR SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Operations
 
Sec. 108.203  Acceptance and screening of checked baggage.

    (a) General requirements. Each aircraft operator shall use the 
procedures, facilities, and equipment described in its security program 
to prevent or deter the carriage of unauthorized explosives or 
incendiaries on board aircraft in checked baggage.
    (b) Acceptance. Each aircraft operator shall ensure that checked 
baggage carried in the aircraft is received by its authorized aircraft 
operator representative.
    (c) Control. Each aircraft operator shall use the procedures in its 
security program to control checked baggage that it accepts for 
transport on an aircraft, in a manner that:
    (1) Prevents the unauthorized carriage of any explosive or 
incendiary aboard the aircraft.
    (2) Prevents access by persons other than an aircraft operator 
employee or its agent.
    (d) Refusal to transport. Each aircraft operator shall refuse to 
transport any person's checked baggage or property if the person does 
not consent to a search or inspection of that checked baggage or 
property in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section.
    (e) Firearms in checked baggage. No aircraft operator may knowingly 
permit any person to transport, nor may a person transport or offer for 
transport in checked baggage:
    (1) Any loaded firearm(s);
    (2) Any unloaded firearm(s) unless--

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    (i) The passenger declares to the aircraft operator, either orally 
or in writing before checking the baggage that any firearm carried in 
the baggage is unloaded;
    (ii) The firearm is carried in a hard-sided container;
    (iii) The container in which it is carried is locked, and only the 
person checking the baggage retains the key or combination; and
    (iv) The baggage containing the firearm is carried in an area, other 
than the flightcrew compartment, that is inaccessible to passengers;
    (3) Any unauthorized explosive or incendiary.
    (f) Loaded firearm. For the purpose of this section, a loaded 
firearm means a firearm, which has a live round of ammunition, or any 
component thereof, in the chamber or cylinder or in a magazine inserted 
in the firearm.
    (g) Ammunition. This section does not prohibit the carriage of 
ammunition in checked baggage or in the same container as a firearm. 
Title 49 CFR part 175 provides additional requirements governing 
carriage of ammunition on aircraft.