---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 375.217"
title: "49"
number: "375.217"
heading: "How must I collect charges upon delivery?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/375.217"
---

# §375.217. How must I collect charges upon delivery?

- (a) You must specify the form of payment when you prepare the estimate. You and your agents must honor the form of payment at delivery, except when a shipper agrees to a change in writing.
- (b) You must specify the same form of payment provided in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section when you prepare the bill of lading.
- (c) **Charge or credit card payments—**
  - (1) If you agree to accept payment by charge or credit card, you must arrange with the individual shipper for the delivery only at a time when you can obtain authorization for the shipper's credit card transaction.
  - (2) [Paragraph (c)(1)](#c-1) of this section does not apply to you when you have equipped your motor vehicle(s) to process card transactions.
- (d) You may maintain a tariff setting forth nondiscriminatory rules governing collect-on-delivery service and the collection of collect-on-delivery funds.
- (e) If an individual shipper pays you at least 110 percent of the approximate costs of a non-binding estimate on a collect-on-delivery shipment, you must relinquish possession of the shipment at the time of delivery.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 10575, Mar. 5, 2004; 87 FR 24447, Apr. 26, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13102, 13301, 13501, 13704, 13707, 13902, 14104, 14706, 14708; subtitle B, title IV of Pub. L. 109-59; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 35091, June 11, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 10575, Mar. 5, 2004; 87 FR 24447, Apr. 26, 2022]