[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR373.101]

[Page 84]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 373_RECEIPTS AND BILLS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A_Motor Carrier Receipts and Bills
 
Sec.  373.101  Motor Carrier bills of lading.




               Subpart A_Motor Carrier Receipts and Bills

Sec.  
373.101 Motor Carrier bills of lading.
373.103 Expense bills.
373.105 Low value packages.

              Subpart B_Freight Forwarders; Bills of Lading

373.201 Bills of lading for freight forwarders.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13301 and 14706; and 49 CFR 1.73.


    Source: 55 FR 11198, Mar. 27, 1990, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 61 FR 54708, Oct. 21, 1996.


    Every motor common carrier shall issue a receipt or bill of lading 
for property tendered for transportation in interstate or foreign 
commerce containing the following information:
    (a) Names of consignor and consignee.
    (b) Origin and destination points.
    (c) Number of packages.
    (d) Description of freight.
    (e) Weight, volume, or measurement of freight (if applicable to the 
rating of the freight).

The carrier shall keep a record of this information as prescribed in 49 
CFR part 379.

[55 FR 11198, Mar. 27, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 30874, July 8, 1991; 62 
FR 15423, Apr. 1, 1997]