---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 31303"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "31303"
heading: "Notification requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/31303"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs"
  - "Part B — Commercial"
  - "Chapter 313 — Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators"
---

# §31303. Notification requirements

- (a) **Violations.—** An individual operating a [commercial motor vehicle](/usc/49/31301.md?p=4), having a driver’s license issued by a [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12), and violating a [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12) or local law on [motor vehicle](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-7) traffic control (except a parking violation) shall notify the individual’s [employer](/usc/49/31301.md?p=8) of the violation. If the violation occurred in a [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12) other than the issuing [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12), the individual also shall notify a [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12) official designated by the issuing [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12). The notifications required by this subsection shall be made not later than 30 days after the date the individual is found to have committed the violation.
- (b) **Revocations, Suspensions, and Cancellations.—** An [employee](/usc/49/31301.md?p=7) who has a driver’s license revoked, suspended, or canceled by a [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12), who loses the right to operate a [commercial motor vehicle](/usc/49/31301.md?p=4) in a [State](/usc/49/30102.md?p=a-12) for any period, or who is disqualified from operating a [commercial motor vehicle](/usc/49/31301.md?p=4) for any period, shall notify the [employee](/usc/49/31301.md?p=7)’s [employer](/usc/49/31301.md?p=8) of the action not later than 30 days after the date of the action.
- (c) **Previous Employment.—**
  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an individual applying for employment as an [operator](/usc/49/30501.md?p=6) of a [commercial motor vehicle](/usc/49/31301.md?p=4) shall notify the prospective [employer](/usc/49/31301.md?p=8), at the time of the application, of any previous employment as an [operator](/usc/49/30501.md?p=6) of a [commercial motor vehicle](/usc/49/31301.md?p=4).
  - (2) The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe by regulation the period for which notice of previous employment must be given under paragraph (1) of this subsection. However, the period may not be less than the 10-year period ending on the date of the application.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1016.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31303 | 49 App.:2702. | Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, § 12003, 100 Stat. 3207–171. |

In this section, the words “Effective July 1, 1987” are omitted as executed.

In subsection (c)(1), the words “operates a commercial motor vehicle and” and “with an employer” are omitted as surplus.