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type: "LegalText"
title: "49 U.S.C. § 20903"
description: "Reports not evidence in civil actions for damages"
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title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
chapter_number: "209"
chapter_name: "ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS"
section: "20903"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 20903"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 20903 - Reports not evidence in civil actions for damages
## Text
No part of an accident or incident report filed by a railroad carrier under section 20901 of this title or made by the Secretary of Transportation under section 20902 of this title may be used in a civil action for damages resulting from a matter mentioned in the report.
(Pub. L. 103272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 887.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2090345:41.May 6, 1910, ch. 208, § 4, 36 Stat. 351. The words “civil action” are substituted for “suit or action” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.