---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 14910"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "14910"
heading: "General civil penalty when specific penalty not provided"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/14910"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation"
  - "Part B — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders"
  - "Chapter 149 — Civil and Criminal Penalties"
---

# §14910. General civil penalty when specific penalty not provided


When another civil penalty is not provided under this chapter, a [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18) that violates a provision of this part or a regulation or order prescribed under this part, or a condition of a registration under this part related to [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) that is subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of [chapter 135](/usc/49/chstIV/ptB/ch135.md) or a condition of a registration of a [foreign motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=6) or [foreign motor private carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=7) under [section 13902](/usc/49/13902.md), is liable to the [United States](/usc/49/10102.md?p=10) for a civil penalty of $500 for each violation. A separate violation occurs each day the violation continues.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 917.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11914 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.