# § 14907. Recordkeeping and reporting violations
A person required to make a report to the Secretary or the Board, as applicable, answer a question, or make, prepare, or preserve a record under this part about transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135, or an officer, agent, or employee of that person, that—
**(1)** does not make that report;
**(2)** does not specifically, completely, and truthfully answer that question in 30 days from the date the Secretary or Board, as applicable, requires the question to be answered;
**(3)** does not make, prepare, or preserve that record in the form and manner prescribed;
**(4)** falsifies, destroys, mutilates, or changes that report or record;
**(5)** files a false report or record;
**(6)** makes a false or incomplete entry in that record about a business related fact or transaction; or
**(7)** makes, prepares, or preserves a record in violation of an applicable regulation or order of the Secretary or Board;
is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 916.)
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