---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 14905"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "14905"
heading: "Penalties for violations of rules relating to loading and unloading motor vehicles"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/14905"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation"
  - "Part B — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders"
  - "Chapter 149 — Civil and Criminal Penalties"
---

# §14905. Penalties for violations of rules relating to loading and unloading motor vehicles

- (a) **Civil Penalties.—** Whoever knowingly authorizes, consents to, or permits a violation of subsection [(a)](/usc/49/14103.md?p=a) or [(b)](/usc/49/14103.md?p=b) of section 14103 or who knowingly violates [subsection (a)](#a) of such section is liable to the [United States](/usc/49/10102.md?p=10) for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation.
- (b) **Criminal Penalties.—** Whoever knowingly violates [section 14103(b) of this title](/usc/49/14103.md?p=b) shall be fined under [title 18](/usc/18.md) or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 916.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11902a of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.