---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 209.103"
title: "49"
number: "209.103"
heading: "Minimum and maximum penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/209.103"
---

# §209.103. Minimum and maximum penalties.

- (a) A person who knowingly violates a requirement of the Federal hazardous materials transportation laws, an order issued thereunder, [49 CFR](/cfr/49.md) subchapter A or C of chapter I, subtitle B, or a special permit or approval issued under subchapter A or C of chapter I, subtitle B, of this title is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $102,348 for each violation, except that—
  - (1) The maximum civil penalty for a violation is $238,809 if the violation results in death, serious illness, or severe injury to any person, or substantial destruction of property; and
  - (2) A minimum $617 civil penalty applies to a violation related to training.
- (b) **When the violation is a continuing one, each day of the violation constitutes a separate offense.** [49 U.S.C. 5123](/usc/49/5123.md).
- (c) The maximum and minimum civil penalties described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section apply to violations occurring on or after December 30, 2024.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 9846, Feb. 12, 2013, as amended at 81 FR 43104, July 1, 2016; 82 FR 16131, Apr. 3, 2017; 83 FR 60744, Nov. 27, 2018; 84 FR 37071, July 31, 2019; 86 FR 1756, Jan. 11, 2021; 86 FR 23252, May 3, 2021; 87 FR 15866, Mar. 21, 2022; 88 FR 1125, Jan. 6, 2023; 88 FR 89561, Dec. 28, 2023; 89 FR 106294, Dec. 30, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5123, 5124, 20103, 20107, 20111, 20112, 20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 9846, Feb. 12, 2013, as amended at 81 FR 43104, July 1, 2016; 82 FR 16131, Apr. 3, 2017; 83 FR 60744, Nov. 27, 2018; 84 FR 37071, July 31, 2019; 86 FR 1756, Jan. 11, 2021; 86 FR 23252, May 3, 2021; 87 FR 15866, Mar. 21, 2022; 88 FR 1125, Jan. 6, 2023; 88 FR 89561, Dec. 28, 2023; 89 FR 106294, Dec. 30, 2024]