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Current textIn force on Feb. 13, 2026Source: eCFR

§ 396.1 Scope.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2016.

eCFR as of February 13, 2026 ↗
49 CFR § 396.1 — Scope.. Text in force on February 13, 2026. This wording effective October 1, 2016 to present. Source: eCFR as of February 13, 2026, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-02-13/title-49/section-396.1. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/396.1?asof=2026-02-13, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Every motor carrier, its officers, drivers, agents, representatives, and employees directly concerned with the inspection or maintenance of commercial motor vehicles must be knowledgeable of and comply with the rules of this part.

(b) Every intermodal equipment provider, its officers, agents, representatives, and employees directly concerned with the inspection or maintenance of intermodal equipment interchanged or offered for interchange to motor carriers must be knowledgeable of and comply with the rules of this part.

(c) This part does not apply to “covered farm vehicles,” as defined in 49 CFR 390.5, or to the drivers of such vehicles.

(d) The rules in this part do not apply to “pipeline welding trucks” as defined in 49 CFR 390.38(b).

[73 FR 76823, Dec. 17, 2008, as amended at 78 FR 16195, Mar. 14, 2013; 81 FR 47722, July 22, 2016]

Amendment history

4 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Oct. 1, 2016 → presentannual edition 2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [73 FR 76823, Dec. 17, 2008, as amended at 78 FR 16195, Mar. 14, 2013; 81 FR 47722, July 22, 2016]
  2. Oct. 1, 2013 → Oct. 1, 2016annual editions 2013–2015diff vs. previous
    [73 FR 76823, Dec. 17, 2008, as amended at 78 FR 16195, Mar. 14, 2013]
  3. Oct. 1, 2009 → Oct. 1, 2013annual editions 2009–2012diff vs. previous
    [73 FR 76823, Dec. 17, 2008]
  4. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2009annual editions 1996–2008
    [44 FR 38526, July 2, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 18058, May 19, 1988]

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.