---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 42306"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "42306"
heading: "Know Your Rights posters"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/42306"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart ii — economic regulation"
  - "Chapter 423 — Passenger Air Service Improvements"
---

# §42306. Know Your Rights posters

- (a) **In General.—** Each [large hub airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-29), [medium hub airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-31), and [small hub airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-42) with scheduled passenger service shall prominently display posters that clearly and concisely outline the rights of airline passengers under Federal law with respect to, at a minimum—
  - (1) flight delays and cancellations;
  - (2) refunds;
  - (3) bumping of passengers from flights and the oversale of flights; and
  - (4) lost, delayed, or damaged baggage.
- (b) **Location.—** Posters described in [subsection (a)](#a) shall be displayed in conspicuous locations throughout the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9), including ticket counters, security checkpoints, and boarding gates.
- (c) **Accessibility Assistance.—** Each [large hub airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-29), [medium hub airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-31), and [small hub airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-42) with scheduled passenger service shall ensure that passengers with a disability (as such term is defined in section 382.3 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) who identify themselves as having such a disability are notified of the availability of accessibility assistance and shall assist such passengers in connecting to the appropriate entities to obtain the same information required in this section that is provided to other passengers.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–63, title V, § 504(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1190.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 118–63, title V, § 504(d), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1191, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 46301 of this title] shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [May 16, 2024].”