U.S. Code > Title 49 Transportation > SUBTITLE IV—INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 10101—16106) > PART B—MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS (§§ 13101—14915) > CHAPTER 149—CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES (§§ 14901—14915) > § 14907. Recordkeeping and reporting violations

§ 14907. Recordkeeping and reporting violations

A person required to make a report to the Secretary or the Board, as applicable, answer a question, or make, prepare, or preserve a record under this part about transportation subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135, or an officer, agent, or employee of that person, that—
(1) does not make that report;
(2) does not specifically, completely, and truthfully answer that question in 30 days from the date the Secretary or Board, as applicable, requires the question to be answered;
(3) does not make, prepare, or preserve that record in the form and manner prescribed;
(4) falsifies, destroys, mutilates, or changes that report or record;
(5) files a false report or record;
(6) makes a false or incomplete entry in that record about a business related fact or transaction; or
(7) makes, prepares, or preserves a record in violation of an applicable regulation or order of the Secretary or Board;
is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.