---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 365.403"
title: "49"
number: "365.403"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/365.403"
---

# §365.403. Definitions.


For the purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply:

- (a) **Transfer.** A transfer means any transaction in which an operating authority issued to one person is taken over by another person or persons who assume legal responsibility for the operations. Such transactions include a purchase of all or some of the assets of a company, a merger of two or more companies, or acquisition of controlling interest in a company through a purchase of company stock.
- (b) **Operating authority.** Operating authority means a registration required by [49 U.S.C. 13902](/usc/49/13902.md) issued to motor carriers; [49 U.S.C. 13903](/usc/49/13903.md) issued to freight forwarders; and [49 U.S.C. 13904](/usc/49/13904.md) issued to brokers.
- (c) **Person.** An individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, or other form of business, or a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of any of these entities.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63705, Oct. 21, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553 and 559; 49 U.S.C. 13101, 13301, 13901-13906, 13908, 14708, 31133, 31138, and 31144; 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 63728, Dec. 9, 1994, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996.