[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR375.217]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 375_TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE; 

CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart B_Before Offering Services to My Customers

 

Sec. 375.217  How must I collect charges upon delivery?



    (a) You must specify the form of payment when you prepare the 

estimate. You and your agents must honor the form of payment at 

delivery, except when a shipper agrees to a change in writing.

    (b) You must specify the same form of payment provided in paragraph 

(a) of this section when you prepare the order for service and the bill 

of lading.

    (c) Charge or credit card payments:

    (1) If you agree to accept payment by charge or credit card, you 

must arrange with the individual shipper for the delivery only at a time 

when you can obtain authorization for the shipper's credit card 

transaction.

    (2) Paragraph (c)(1) of this section does not apply to you when you 

have equipped your motor vehicle(s) to process card transactions.



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    (d) You may maintain a tariff setting forth nondiscriminatory rules 

governing collect-on-delivery service and the collection of collect-on-

delivery funds.

    (e) If an individual shipper pays you at least 110 percent of the 

approximate costs of a non-binding estimate on a collect-on-delivery 

shipment, you must relinquish possession of the shipment at the time of 

delivery.



[68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 10575, Mar. 5, 2004]