---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 387.27"
title: "49"
number: "387.27"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/387.27"
---

# §387.27. Applicability.

- (a) This subpart applies to for-hire motor carriers transporting passengers in interstate or foreign commerce.
- (b) **Exception.** The rules in this subpart do not apply to—
  - (1) A motor vehicle transporting only school children and teachers to or from school;
  - (2) A motor vehicle providing taxicab service and having a seating capacity of less than 7 passengers and not operated on a regular route or between specified points;
  - (3) A motor vehicle carrying less than 16 individuals in a single daily round trip to commute to and from work; and
  - (4) A motor vehicle operated by a motor carrier under contract providing transportation of preprimary, primary, and secondary students for extracurricular trips organized, sponsored, and paid by a school district.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 52683, Nov. 21, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 33275, June 18, 1998]

### Source

Source: 48 FR 52683, Nov. 21, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13101, 13301, 13906, 13908, 14701, 31138, 31139; sec. 204(a), Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 941; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Amendments

[48 FR 52683, Nov. 21, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 33275, June 18, 1998]