[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR374.401]

[Page 867]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 374_PASSENGER CARRIER REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D_Notice of and Procedures for Baggage Excess Value Declaration
 
Sec. 374.401  Minimum permissible limitations for baggage liability.

    Source: 40 FR 1249, Jan. 7, 1975, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 61 FR 54709, Oct. 21, 1996.


    (a) Motor common carriers of passengers and baggage subject to 49 
U.S.C. 13501 may not publish tariff provisions limiting their liability 
for loss or damage to baggage checked by a passenger transported in 
regular route or special operations unless:
    (1) The amount for which liability is limited is $250 or greater per 
adult fare, and
    (2) The provisions permit the passenger, for an additional charge, 
to declare a value in excess of the limited amount, and allow the 
passenger to recover the increased amount (but not higher than the 
actual value) in event of loss or damage. The carriers may publish a 
maximum value for which they will be liable, but that maximum value may 
not be less than $1,000. Appropriate identification must be attached 
securely by the passenger to each item of baggage checked, indicating in 
a clear and legible manner the name and address to which the baggage 
should be forwarded if lost and subsequently recovered. Identification 
tags shall be made immediately available by the carriers to passengers 
upon request.
    (3) Carriers need not offer excess value coverage on articles listed 
in Sec. 374.307(c)(3).

(49 U.S.C. 10321, 5 U.S.C. 553)

[46 FR 22899, Apr. 22, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 21840, May 20, 1982; 62 
FR 15423, Apr. 1, 1997]