---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 47.207-7"
title: "48"
number: "47.207-7"
heading: "Liability and insurance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/47.207-7"
---

# §47.207-7. Liability and insurance.

- (a) The contracting officer shall specify—
  - (1) The contractor's liability for injury to persons or damage to property other than the freight being transported;
  - (2) The contractor's liability for loss of and/or damage to the freight being transported; and
  - (3) **The amount of insurance the contractor is required to maintain.**
- (b) When the contractor's liability for loss of and/or damage to the freight being transported is not specified, the usual measure of liability as prescribed in section 11706 of the Interstate Commerce Act ([49 U.S.C. 11706](/usc/49/11706.md)) applies.
- (c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-21, Contractor Liability for Personal Injury and/or Property Damage.
- (d) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-22, Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Freight other than Household Goods, in solicitations and contracts for the transportation of freight other than household goods.
- (e) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.247-23, Contractor Liability for Loss of and/or Damage to Household Goods, in solicitations and contracts for the transportation of household goods, including the rate per pound appropriate to the situation.
- (f) When freight is not shipped under rates subject to released or declared value, see 28.313(a) and the clause at 52.228-9, Cargo Insurance.
- (g) When the contracting officer determines that vehicular liability and/or general public liability insurance required by law are not sufficient for a contract, see 28.313(b) and the clause at 52.228-10, Vehicular and General Public Liability Insurance.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 71 FR 205, Jan. 3, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42424, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 71 FR 205, Jan. 3, 2006]