§ 375.6 Receipt or bill of lading.
Wording first on file in the 1998 annual edition, superseded by the 2003 annual edition. The section was then removed.
(a) Issuance of a receipt or bill of lading. Every motor common carrier engaged in the transportation of household goods as defined in § 375.1(b)(1) shall issue a receipt or bill of lading. The bill of lading shall contain the minimum information required by § 375.6(b) and the terms and conditions of the contract. The carrier shall furnish a complete copy of the bill of lading to the shipper prior to the commencement of the loading of a shipment.
(b) Minimum information required on a receipt or bill of lading. Whenever a receipt or bill of lading is issued in compliance with paragraph (a), the carrier shall cause to be included therein the following minimum information:
(1) The name and address of the motor carrier issuing the receipt or bill of lading.
(2) The names and addresses of any other motor carriers, when known, which will participate, through interline, in the transportation of the shipment.
(3) The name, address and telephone number of the office of the carrier that should be contacted in relation to the transportation of shipments.
(4) When the transportation is to be performed on a collect on delivery basis, the name, address and, if furnished, the telephone number of a person to whom notification provided for in § 375.9(b) shall be given.
(5) When the transportation is to be performed for an individual shipper, and except when the transportation is to be performed subject to tariff provisions providing for guaranteed service dates, the agreed date or period of time for pickup of the shipment and the agreed date or period of time for the delivery of the shipment. The agreed dates or periods of time for pickup and delivery entered on the receipt or bill of lading shall conform to the agreed dates or periods of time for pickup and delivery entered on the order for service or a proper amendment to the order for service.
(6) When the transportation is to be performed subject to tariff provisions providing for guaranteed pickup, transportation and delivery service, the dates for pickup and delivery and any penalty or per diem entitlements due the shipper under the agreement.
(7) The actual date of pickup.
(8) The company or carrier identification number of the vehicle on which the shipment is loaded.
(9) The terms and conditions for payment of the total charges including notice of any minimum charges.
(10) When the transportation is to be performed on a collect on delivery basis and if a pre-move estimate of the charges is provided to the shipper, the maximum amount required to be paid at the time of delivery to obtain delivery of the shipment.
(11) The required released rates valuation statement.
(12) Evidence of any insurance coverage sold to or procured for the shipper, including the amount of the premium for such insurance.
(c) Copy of receipt or bill of lading to accompany shipment. A copy of the receipt or bill of lading shall accompany a shipment at all times while in the possession of a carrier. When the shipment is loaded on a vehicle for transportation the receipt or bill of lading shall be in possession of the driver responsible for the shipment.
[46 FR 16219, Mar. 11, 1981; 46 FR 22594, Apr. 20, 1981, as amended at 50 FR 37534, Sept. 16, 1985; 62 FR 49941, Sept. 24, 1997]
Amendment history
1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 1998- [46 FR 16219, Mar. 11, 1981; 46 FR 22594, Apr. 20, 1981, as amended at 50 FR 37534, Sept. 16, 1985; 62 FR 49941, Sept. 24, 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.