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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 14702"
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description: "Enforcement by the regulatory authority"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "147"
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chapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT; INVESTIGATIONS; RIGHTS; REMEDIES"
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section: "14702"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 14702"
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---
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# 49 U.S.C. § 14702 - Enforcement by the regulatory authority
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## Text
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(a) In General.— The Secretary or the Board, as applicable, may bring a civil action—
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(1) to enforce section 14103 of this title; or
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(2) to enforce this part, or a regulation or order of the Secretary or Board, as applicable, when violated by a carrier or broker providing transportation or service subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 of this title or by a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier providing transportation registered under section 13902 of this title.
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(b) Venue.— In a civil action under subsection (a)(2) of this section—
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(1) trial is in the judicial district in which the carrier, foreign motor carrier, foreign motor private carrier, or broker operates;
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(2) process may be served without regard to the territorial limits of the district or of the State in which the action is instituted; and
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(3) a person participating with a carrier or broker in a violation may be joined in the civil action without regard to the residence of the person.
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(c) Standing.— The Board, through its own attorneys, may bring or participate in any civil action involving motor carrier undercharges.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 905.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11702 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
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