Skip to content
LexBuild

47 CFR § 9.4 - Obligation to transmit 911 calls.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s9.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 9.4 - Obligation to transmit 911 calls."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "9.4"
section_name: "Obligation to transmit 911 calls."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "9"
part_name: "911 REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 151-154, 152(a), 155(c), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 210, 214, 218, 219, 222, 225, 251(e), 255, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 332, 403, 405, 605, 610, 615, 615 note, 615a, 615b, 615c, 615a-1, 616, 620, 621, 623, 623 note, 721, and 1471, and Section 902 of Title IX, Division FF, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 66760, Dec. 5, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "9"
---

# 9.4 Obligation to transmit 911 calls.

All telecommunications carriers shall transmit all 911 calls to a PSAP, to a designated statewide default answering point, or to an appropriate local emergency authority as set forth in § 9.5.