Historical textIn force on June 1, 2010Source: annual CFR editions 1998–2016

§ 356.1 Authority to serve a particular area—construction.

Wording first on file in the 1998 annual edition, superseded May 30, 2025. The section was then removed.

govinfo, 2009 edition ↗

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49 CFR § 356.1 — Authority to serve a particular area—construction.. Text in force on June 1, 2010. This wording effective October 1, 1998 to May 30, 2025. Source: govinfo, 2009 edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2009-title49-vol5/CFR-2009-title49-vol5-sec356-1. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/356.1?asof=2010-06-01, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Service at municipality. A motor carrier of property, motor passenger carrier of express, and freight forwarder authorized to serve a municipality may serve all points within that municipality's commercial zone not beyond the territorial limits, if any, fixed in such authority.

(b) Service at unincorporated community. A motor carrier of property, motor passenger carrier of express, and freight forwarder, authorized to serve an unincorporated community having a post office of the same name, may serve all points in the United States not beyond the territorial limits, if any, fixed in such authority, as follows:

(1) All points within 3 miles of the post office in such unincorporated community if it has a population of less than 2,500; within 4 miles if it has a population of 2,500 but less than 25,000; and within 6 miles if it has a population of 25,000 or more;

(2) At all points in any municipality any part of which is within the limits described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and

(3) At all points in any municipality wholly surrounded, or so surrounded except for a water boundary, by any municipality included under the terms of paragraph (b)(2) of this section.

Amendment history

1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 1998

Oct. 1, 1998 → May 30, 2025annual editions 1998–2016viewing

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.