[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: 49CFR387.401]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 387_MINIMUM LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOTOR 
CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D_Surety Bonds and Policies of Insurance for Freight Forwarders
 
Sec. 387.401  Definitions.

    Source: 55 FR 11201, Mar. 27, 1990, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 61 FR 54710, Oct. 21, 1996.


    (a) Freight forwarder means a person holding itself out to the 
general public

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(other than as an express, pipeline, rail, sleeping car, motor, or water 
carrier) to provide transportation of property for compensation in 
interstate commerce, and in the ordinary course of its business:
    (1) Performs or provides for assembling, consolidating, break-bulk, 
and distribution of shipments; and
    (2) Assumes responsibility for transportation from place of receipt 
to destination; and
    (3) Uses for any part of the transportation a carrier subject to 
FMCSA jurisdiction.
    (b) Household goods freight forwarder (HHGFF) means a freight 
forwarder of household goods, unaccompanied baggage, or used 
automobiles.
    (c) Motor vehicle means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or 
semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used to transport 
property, but does not include any vehicle, locomotive, or car operated 
exclusively on a rail or rails. The following combinations will be 
regarded as one motor vehicle:
    (1) A tractor that draws a trailer or semitrailer; and
    (2) A truck and trailer bearing a single load.