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§ 374.405 Baggage excess value declaration procedures.

Wording first on file in the 1998 annual edition, superseded January 1, 2017.

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49 CFR § 374.405 — Baggage excess value declaration procedures.. Text in force on October 1, 2009. This wording effective October 1, 1998 to January 1, 2017. Source: govinfo, 2009 edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2009-title49-vol5/CFR-2009-title49-vol5-sec374-405. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/374.405?asof=2009-10-01, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

All motor common carriers of passengers and baggage subject to 49 U.S.C. subtitle IV, part B, which provide in their tariffs for the declaration of baggage value in excess of a free baggage allowance limitation, shall provide for the declaration of excess value on baggage at any time or place where provision is made for baggage checking, including (a) at a baggage checking counter until 15 minutes before scheduled boarding time, and (b) at the side of the bus or at a baggage checking counter in reasonable proximity to the boarding area during boarding at a terminal or any authorized service point.

[40 FR 1249, Jan. 7, 1975, as amended at 62 FR 15423, Apr. 1, 1997]

Amendment history

2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1998
  1. Jan. 1, 2017 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [40 FR 1249, Jan. 7, 1975, as amended at 62 FR 15423, Apr. 1, 1997; 81 FR 68346, Oct. 4, 2016]
  2. Oct. 1, 1998 → Jan. 1, 2017annual editions 1998–2016viewing
    [40 FR 1249, Jan. 7, 1975, as amended at 62 FR 15423, Apr. 1, 1997]

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.