{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-8-2.1-17-7.5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 8-2.1-17-7.5","heading":"\"Freight forwarder\"","body":"Sec. 7.5. \"Freight forwarder\" means any person that:\n(1) holds itself out to the general public (other than as a pipeline, rail, motor, air, or water carrier) as a provider of transportation of property for compensation; and\n(2) in the ordinary course of its business:\n(A) assembles and consolidates, or provides for assembling and consolidating, shipments and performs or provides for breakbulk and distribution operations of the shipments;\n(B) assumes responsibility for the transportation from the place of receipt to the place of destination; and\n(C) uses a carrier subject to this article for any part of the transportation from the place of receipt to the place of destination.","path":["TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION","ARTICLE 2.1. MOTOR CARRIER REGULATION","Chapter 17. Definitions"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_8.html#8-2.1-17-7.5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T20:08:46Z","sha256":"3d02e8d23b20f7ac49f36882c27b093f004197458dd43f29d161766efc98d8ff","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-8-2.1-17-7","next":"us-in/ic-8-2.1-17-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}