49 CFR § 373.201 - Receipts and bills of lading for freight forwarders.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s373.201"
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title: "49 CFR § 373.201 - Receipts and bills of lading for freight forwarders."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "373.201"
section_name: "Receipts and bills of lading for freight forwarders."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "373"
part_name: "RECEIPTS AND BILLS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 13301, 13531 and 14706; and 49 CFR 1.87."
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# 373.201 Receipts and bills of lading for freight forwarders.
Each freight forwarder must issue the shipper a receipt or through bill of lading, covering transportation from origin to ultimate destination, on each shipment for which it arranges transportation in interstate commerce. Where a motor carrier receives freight at the origin and issues a receipt therefor on its form with a notation showing the freight forwarder's name, then the freight forwarder, upon receiving the shipment at the “on line” or consolidating station, must issue a receipt or through bill of lading on its form as of the date the carrier receives the shipment.
[74 FR 15393, Apr. 6, 2009]