49 USC § 14702 - Enforcement by the regulatory authority

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title: "49 USC § 14702 - Enforcement by the regulatory authority"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "14702"
section_name: "Enforcement by the regulatory authority"
chapter_number: 147
chapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT; INVESTIGATIONS; RIGHTS; REMEDIES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 905.)"
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# § 14702. Enforcement by the regulatory authority

**(a)** **In General.—** The Secretary or the Board, as applicable, may bring a civil action—

**(1)** to enforce section 14103 of this title; or

**(2)** to enforce this part, or a regulation or order of the Secretary or Board, as applicable, when violated by a carrier or broker providing transportation or service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 of this title or by a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier providing transportation registered under section 13902 of this title.

**(b)** **Venue.—** In a civil action under subsection (a)(2) of this section—

**(1)** trial is in the judicial district in which the carrier, foreign motor carrier, foreign motor private carrier, or broker operates;

**(2)** process may be served without regard to the territorial limits of the district or of the State in which the action is instituted; and

**(3)** a person participating with a carrier or broker in a violation may be joined in the civil action without regard to the residence of the person.

**(c)** **Standing.—** The Board, through its own attorneys, may bring or participate in any civil action involving motor carrier undercharges.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 905.)

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