---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 385.919"
title: "49"
number: "385.919"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/385.919"
---

# §385.919. Penalties.

- (a) Any motor carrier that the Agency determines engages or has engaged in a pattern or practice of avoiding regulatory compliance or masking noncompliance or violates an order issued under this subpart shall be subject to the civil or criminal penalty provisions of [49 U.S.C. 521(b)](/usc/49/521.md?p=b) and applicable regulations.
- (b) Any motor carrier who permits the exercise of controlling influence over its operations by any person that the Agency determines, under this subpart, engages in or has engaged in a pattern or practice of avoiding regulatory compliance or masking noncompliance while acting on behalf of any motor carrier, shall be subject to the civil or criminal penalty provisions of [49 U.S.C. 521(b)](/usc/49/521.md?p=b) and applicable regulations.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 3537, Jan. 22, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 521(b), 5105(d), 5109, 5113, 13901-13905, 13908, 31135, 31136, 31144, 31148, 31151, 31502; sec. 113(a), Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676; sec. 408, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 958; sec. 350, Pub. L. 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, 864; sec. 5205, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1537; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 50968, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.