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title: "49 U.S.C. § 14912"
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description: "Weight-bumping in household goods transportation"
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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: "149"
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chapter_name: "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"
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section: "14912"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 14912"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 14912 - Weight-bumping in household goods transportation
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## Text
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(a) Weight-Bumping Defined.— For the purposes of this section, “weight-bumping” means the knowing and willful making or securing of a fraudulent weight on a shipment of household goods which is subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135.
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(b) Penalty.— Whoever has been found to have committed weight-bumping shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 918.)
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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 11917 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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