49 USC § 16102 - Recordkeeping and reporting violations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s16102"
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title: "49 USC § 16102 - Recordkeeping and reporting violations"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "16102"
section_name: "Recordkeeping and reporting violations"
chapter_number: 161
chapter_name: "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "PIPELINE CARRIERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 930.)"
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# § 16102. Recordkeeping and reporting violations

A person required to make a report to the Board, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under chapter 157 about transportation subject to this part that knowingly and willfully—

**(1)** makes a false entry in the report or record,

**(2)** destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record,

**(3)** does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record,

**(4)** makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Board, or

**(5)** files a false report or record with the Board,

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, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 930.)

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