{"data":{"id":"us/49-u.s.c.-31504","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 U.S.C. § 31504","heading":"Identification of motor vehicles","body":"(a) General Authority.—The Secretary of Transportation may—(1) issue and require the display of an identification plate on a motor vehicle used in transportation provided by a motor private carrier and a motor carrier of migrant workers subject to section 31502(c) of this title, except a motor contract carrier; and (2) require each of those motor private carriers and motor carriers of migrant workers to pay the reasonable cost of the plate. (b) Limitation.—A motor private carrier or a motor carrier of migrant workers may use an identification plate only as authorized by the Secretary.","path":["Title 49—TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 315—MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc49@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:01:06Z","sha256":"4d3fbef2e6bb47ec060bba7a7383fa1432fdafb634d367a9bb0e3890da3d85c8","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-u.s.c.-31503","next":"us/49-u.s.c.-31701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}