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§ 373.201 Receipts and bills of lading for freight forwarders.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2009.

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49 CFR § 373.201 — Receipts and bills of lading for freight forwarders.. Text in force on December 31, 2016. This wording effective October 1, 2009 to present. Source: govinfo, 2016 edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2016-title49-vol5/CFR-2016-title49-vol5-sec373-201. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/373.201?asof=2016-12-31, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

Each freight forwarder must issue the shipper a receipt or through bill of lading, covering transportation from origin to ultimate destination, on each shipment for which it arranges transportation in interstate commerce. Where a motor carrier receives freight at the origin and issues a receipt therefor on its form with a notation showing the freight forwarder's name, then the freight forwarder, upon receiving the shipment at the “on line” or consolidating station, must issue a receipt or through bill of lading on its form as of the date the carrier receives the shipment.

[74 FR 15393, Apr. 6, 2009]

Amendment history

2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1998
  1. Oct. 1, 2009 → presentannual editions 2009–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [74 FR 15393, Apr. 6, 2009]
  2. Oct. 1, 1998 → Oct. 1, 2009annual editions 1998–2008
    [55 FR 11201, Mar. 27, 1990. Redesignated at 61 FR 54708, Oct. 21, 1996.]

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.