49 CFR § 207.3 - Designation and commissioning.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s207.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 207.3 - Designation and commissioning."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "207.3"
section_name: "Designation and commissioning."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "207"
part_name: "RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 446; 49 CFR 1.49(ff)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 6587, Feb. 11, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "207"
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# 207.3 Designation and commissioning.
(a) A railroad may designate employees to be commissioned by a state authority as railroad police officers to serve in the states in which the railroad owns property.
(b) Except as provided by § 207.6, the designated railroad police officer shall be commissioned by the railroad police officer's state of legal residence or the railroad police officer's state of primary employment.
[59 FR 6587, Feb. 11, 1994, as amended at 81 FR 88132, Dec. 7, 2016]