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§ 375.217 How must I collect charges upon delivery?

Current wording, effective June 27, 2022.

eCFR as of March 23, 2026 ↗
49 CFR § 375.217 — How must I collect charges upon delivery?. Text in force on March 23, 2026. This wording effective June 27, 2022 to present. Source: eCFR as of March 23, 2026, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-03-23/title-49/section-375.217. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/375.217?asof=2026-03-23, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) You must specify the form of payment when you prepare the estimate. You and your agents must honor the form of payment at delivery, except when a shipper agrees to a change in writing.

(b) You must specify the same form of payment provided in paragraph (a) of this section when you prepare the bill of lading.

(c) Charge or credit card payments:

(1) If you agree to accept payment by charge or credit card, you must arrange with the individual shipper for the delivery only at a time when you can obtain authorization for the shipper's credit card transaction.

(2) Paragraph (c)(1) of this section does not apply to you when you have equipped your motor vehicle(s) to process card transactions.

(d) You may maintain a tariff setting forth nondiscriminatory rules governing collect-on-delivery service and the collection of collect-on-delivery funds.

(e) If an individual shipper pays you at least 110 percent of the approximate costs of a non-binding estimate on a collect-on-delivery shipment, you must relinquish possession of the shipment at the time of delivery.

[68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 10575, Mar. 5, 2004; 87 FR 24447, Apr. 26, 2022]

Amendment history

4 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2003
  1. June 27, 2022 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previousviewing
    [68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 10575, Mar. 5, 2004; 87 FR 24447, Apr. 26, 2022]
  2. April 26, 2022 → June 27, 2022eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 10575, Mar. 5, 2004]
  3. Oct. 1, 2004 → April 26, 2022annual editions 2004–2016diff vs. previous
    [68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 10575, Mar. 5, 2004]
  4. Oct. 1, 2003 → Oct. 1, 2004annual edition 2003

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.