---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 253.10"
title: "14"
number: "253.10"
heading: "Notice of contract of carriage choice-of-forum provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/253.10"
---

# §253.10. Notice of contract of carriage choice-of-forum provisions.


No carrier may impose any contract of carriage provision containing a choice-of-forum clause that attempts to preclude a passenger, or a person who purchases a ticket for air transportation on behalf of a passenger, from bringing a claim against a carrier in any court of competent jurisdiction, including a court within the jurisdiction of that passenger's residence in the United States (provided that the carrier does business within that jurisdiction).


## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2010-0140, 76 FR 23163, Apr. 25, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40113, 40114, 41501, 41504, 41506, 41509, 41510, 41511, 41702, and 41711.

### Source

Source: ER-1302, 47 FR 52134, Nov. 19, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2010-0140, 76 FR 23163, Apr. 25, 2011]