yourstate.us
Home / United States / 49 U.S.C.
49 U.S.C. § 10743

Liability for payment of rates

United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
49 U.S.C. § 10743, Liability for payment of rates, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490128
Permanent ID
ys:prov:490128@1
SHA-256
506a0aa2f38f37fec217ea3f6c6531059d4433bf2c322175c8ba72add991793b

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

Liability for payment of rates for transportation for a shipment of property by a shipper or consignor to a consignee other than the shipper or consignor, is determined under this subsection when the transportation is provided by a rail carrier under this part. When the shipper or consignor instructs the rail carrier transporting the property to deliver it to a consignee that is an agent only, not having beneficial title to the property, the consignee is liable for rates billed at the time of delivery for which the consignee is otherwise liable, but not for additional rates that may be found to be due after delivery if the consignee gives written notice to the delivering carrier before delivery of the property— Liability for payment of rates for transportation for a shipment of property by a shipper or consignor, named in the bill of lading as consignee, is determined under this subsection when the transportation is provided by a rail carrier under this part. When the shipper or consignor gives written notice, before delivery of the property, to the line-haul rail carrier that is to make ultimate delivery—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.