14 CFR § 254.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s254.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 254.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "254.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "254"
part_name: "DOMESTIC BAGGAGE LIABILITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 40113, 41501, 41504, 41510, 41702, and 41707."
regulatory_source: "ER-1374, 49 FR 5071, Feb. 10, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "254"
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# 254.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to establish rules for the carriage of baggage in interstate and intrastate air transportation. The part sets permissible limitations of air carrier liability for loss, damage, or delay in the carriage of passenger baggage and requires air carriers to provide certain types of notice to passengers.

[ER-1374, 49 FR 5071, Feb. 10, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 70575, Dec. 17, 1999]