---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 207.2"
title: "49"
number: "207.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/207.2"
---

# §207.2. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) Railroad police officer means a peace officer who is commissioned in his or her state of legal residence or state of primary employment and directly employed by or contracted by a railroad to enforce state laws for the protection of railroad property, personnel, passengers, and/or cargo.
- (b) Commissioned means that a state official has certified or otherwise designated a railroad employee as qualified under the licensing requirements of that state to act as a railroad police officer in that state.
- (c) Property means rights-of-way, easements, appurtenant property, equipment, cargo, facilities, and buildings and other structures owned, leased, operated, maintained, or transported by a railroad.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 6587, Feb. 11, 1994, as amended at 81 FR 88132, Dec. 7, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 446; 49 CFR 1.49(ff).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 6587, Feb. 11, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 6587, Feb. 11, 1994, as amended at 81 FR 88132, Dec. 7, 2016]