49 USC § 44739 - Pets on airplanes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s44739"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 44739 - Pets on airplanes"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "44739"
section_name: "Pets on airplanes"
chapter_number: 447
chapter_name: "SAFETY REGULATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 417(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3334.)"
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# § 44739. Pets on airplanes

**(a)** **Prohibition.—** It shall be unlawful for any person to place a live animal in an overhead storage compartment of an aircraft operated under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

**(b)** **Civil Penalty.—** The Administrator may impose a civil penalty under section 46301 for each violation of this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 417(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3334.)