---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 218.55"
title: "49"
number: "218.55"
heading: "Tampering prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/218.55"
---

# §218.55. Tampering prohibited.


Any individual who willfully disables a safety device is subject to a civil penalty and to disqualification from performing safety-sensitive functions on a railroad if found unfit for such duties under the procedures provided for in [49 CFR part 209](/cfr/49/part209.md). See FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.


## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 28144, July 1, 2025]

### Source

Source: 54 FR 5492, Feb. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20131, 20138, 20144, 20168; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[90 FR 28144, July 1, 2025]