49 CFR § 371.7 - Misrepresentation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s371.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 371.7 - Misrepresentation."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "371.7"
section_name: "Misrepresentation."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "371"
part_name: "BROKERS OF PROPERTY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 13301, 13501, and 14122; subtitle B, title IV of Pub. L. 109-59; and 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 68942, Oct. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996."
cfr_part: "371"
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# 371.7 Misrepresentation.
(a) A broker shall not perform or offer to perform any brokerage service (including advertising), in any name other than that in which its registration is issued.
(b) A broker shall not, directly or indirectly, represent its operations to be that of a carrier. Any advertising shall show the broker status of the operation.
[45 FR 68942, Oct. 17, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 15421, Apr. 1, 1997]