---
kind: "unit"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
key: "ch5/schII/ptI"
level: "part"
label: "Part I"
heading: "Common Carrier Regulation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/ch5-schII-ptI"
sections_count: 36
---

# Part I — Common Carrier Regulation

Title 47 — Telecommunications › Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication › Subchapter II — Common Carriers

## Sections

- [§201. Service and charges](/usc/47/201.md)
- [§202. Discriminations and preferences](/usc/47/202.md)
- [§203. Schedules of charges](/usc/47/203.md)
- [§204. Hearings on new charges; suspension pending hearing; refunds; duration of hearing; appeal of order concluding hearing](/usc/47/204.md)
- [§205. Commission authorized to prescribe just and reasonable charges; penalties for violations](/usc/47/205.md)
- [§206. Carriers’ liability for damages](/usc/47/206.md)
- [§207. Recovery of damages](/usc/47/207.md)
- [§208. Complaints to Commission; investigations; duration of investigation; appeal of order concluding investigation](/usc/47/208.md)
- [§209. Orders for payment of money](/usc/47/209.md)
- [§210. Franks and passes; free service to governmental agencies in connection with national defense](/usc/47/210.md)
- [§211. Contracts of carriers; filing with Commission](/usc/47/211.md)
- [§212. Interlocking directorates; officials dealing in securities](/usc/47/212.md)
- [§213. Valuation of property of carrier](/usc/47/213.md)
- [§214. Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity](/usc/47/214.md)
- [§215. Examination of transactions relating to furnishing of services, equipment, etc.; reports to Congress](/usc/47/215.md)
- [§216. Receivers and trustees; application of chapter](/usc/47/216.md)
- [§217. Agents’ acts and omissions; liability of carrier](/usc/47/217.md)
- [§218. Management of business; inquiries by Commission](/usc/47/218.md)
- [§219. Reports by carriers; contents and requirements generally](/usc/47/219.md)
- [§220. Accounts, records, and memoranda](/usc/47/220.md)
- [§221. Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies](/usc/47/221.md)
- [§222. Privacy of customer information](/usc/47/222.md)
- [§223. Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications](/usc/47/223.md)
- [§223a. Notice and removal of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions](/usc/47/223a.md)
- [§224. Pole attachments](/usc/47/224.md)
- [§225. Telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals](/usc/47/225.md)
- [§226. Telephone operator services](/usc/47/226.md)
- [§227. Restrictions on use of telephone equipment](/usc/47/227.md)
- [§227a. Consumer education materials on how to avoid scams that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information](/usc/47/227a.md)
- [§227b. Call authentication](/usc/47/227b.md)
- [§227b–1. Access to number resources](/usc/47/227b-1.md)
- [§227b–2. Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General](/usc/47/227b-2.md)
- [§228. Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services](/usc/47/228.md)
- [§229. Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act compliance](/usc/47/229.md)
- [§230. Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material](/usc/47/230.md)
- [§231. Restriction of access by minors to materials commercially distributed by means of World Wide Web that are harmful to minors](/usc/47/231.md)