---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 371.7"
title: "49"
number: "371.7"
heading: "Misrepresentation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/371.7"
---

# §371.7. Misrepresentation.

- (a) A broker shall not perform or offer to perform any brokerage service (including advertising), in any name other than that in which its registration is issued.
- (b) A broker shall not, directly or indirectly, represent its operations to be that of a carrier. Any advertising shall show the broker status of the operation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 68942, Oct. 17, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 15421, Apr. 1, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13301, 13501, and 14122; subtitle B, title IV of Pub. L. 109-59; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 68942, Oct. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996.

### Amendments

[45 FR 68942, Oct. 17, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 15421, Apr. 1, 1997]