49 USC § 14913 - Conclusiveness of rates in certain prosecutions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s14913"
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title: "49 USC § 14913 - Conclusiveness of rates in certain prosecutions"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "14913"
section_name: "Conclusiveness of rates in certain prosecutions"
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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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. 918.)"
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# § 14913. Conclusiveness of rates in certain prosecutions

When a carrier publishes or files a particular rate under section 13702 or participates in such a rate, the published or filed rate is conclusive proof against that carrier, its officers, and agents that it is the legal rate for that transportation or service in a proceeding begun under section 14902 or 14903. A departure, or offer to depart, from that published or filed rate is a violation of those sections.

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

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