49 USC § 14912 - Weight-bumping in household goods transportation

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title: "49 USC § 14912 - Weight-bumping in household goods transportation"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "14912"
section_name: "Weight-bumping in household goods transportation"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 918.)"
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# § 14912. Weight-bumping in household goods transportation

**(a)** **Weight-Bumping Defined.—** For the purposes of this section, “weight-bumping” means the knowing and willful making or securing of a fraudulent weight on a shipment of household goods which is subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135.

**(b)** **Penalty.—** Whoever has been found to have committed weight-bumping shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 918.)

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