[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: 49CFR375.607]

[Page 109-110]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 375_TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE; 
CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart F_Transportation of Shipments
 
Sec.  375.607  What must I do if I am able to tender a shipment for 
final delivery more than 24 hours before a specified date?

    (a) You may ask the individual shipper to accept an early delivery 
date. If the individual shipper does not concur

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with your request or the individual shipper does not request an early 
delivery date, you may, at your discretion, place a shipment in storage 
under your own account and at your own expense in a warehouse located 
near the destination of the shipment. If you place the shipment in 
storage, you must comply with paragraph (b) of this section. You may 
comply with paragraph (c) of this section, at your discretion.
    (b) You must immediately notify the individual shipper of the name 
and address of the warehouse where you place the shipment. You must make 
and keep a record of your notification as a part of your shipment 
records. You have responsibility for the shipment under the terms and 
conditions of the bill of lading. You are responsible for the charges 
for redelivery, handling, and storage until you make final delivery.
    (c) You may limit your responsibility under paragraph (b) of this 
section up to the agreed delivery date or the first day of the period of 
time of delivery as specified in the bill of lading.