{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-373.201","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 373.201","heading":"Receipts and bills of lading for freight forwarders.","body":"Each freight forwarder must issue the shipper a receipt or through bill of lading, covering transportation from origin to ultimate destination, on each shipment for which it arranges transportation in interstate commerce. Where a motor carrier receives freight at the origin and issues a receipt therefor on its form with a notation showing the freight forwarder's name, then the freight forwarder, upon receiving the shipment at the “on line” or consolidating station, must issue a receipt or through bill of lading on its form as of the date the carrier receives the shipment.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER III—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS","PART 373—RECEIPTS AND BILLS","Subpart B—Freight Forwarders; Bills of Lading"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"aec61b81815b16c7ac4059622e57b189646eda5f5b467388407af443b70d5e8e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-373.105","next":"us/49-cfr-374.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}