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  • § 387.1
    Purpose and scope.
  • § 387.3
    Applicability.
  • § 387.5
    Definitions.
  • § 387.7
    Financial responsibility required.
  • § 387.9
    Financial responsibility, minimum levels.
  • § 387.11
    State authority and designation of agent.
  • § 387.13
    Fiduciaries.
  • § 387.15
    Forms.
  • § 387.17
    Violation and penalty.
  • § 387.19
    Electronic filing of surety bonds, trust fund agreements, certificates of insurance and cancellations.
  • § 387.25
    Purpose and scope.
  • § 387.27
    Applicability.
  • § 387.29
    Definitions.
  • § 387.31
    Financial responsibility required.
  • § 387.33
    Financial responsibility, minimum levels.
  • § 387.35
    State authority and designation of agent.
  • § 387.37
    Fiduciaries.
  • § 387.39
    Forms.
  • § 387.41
    Violation and penalty.
  • § 387.43
    Electronic filing of surety bonds, trust fund agreements, certificates of insurance and cancellations.
  • § 387.301
    Surety bond, certificate of insurance, or other securities.
  • § 387.303
    Security for the protection of the public: Minimum limits.
  • § 387.305
    Combination vehicles.
  • § 387.307
    Property broker surety bond or trust fund.
  • § 387.309
    Qualifications as a self-insurer and other securities or agreements.
  • § 387.311
    Bonds and certificates of insurance.
  • § 387.313
    Forms and procedures.
  • § 387.315
    Insurance and surety companies.
  • § 387.317
    Refusal to accept, or revocation by the FMCSA of surety bonds, etc.
  • § 387.319
    Fiduciaries.
  • § 387.321
    Operations in foreign commerce.
  • § 387.323
    Electronic filing of surety bonds, trust fund agreements, certificates of insurance and cancellations.
  • § 387.401
    Definitions.
  • § 387.403
    General requirements.
  • § 387.405
    Limits of liability.
  • § 387.407
    Surety bonds and certificates of insurance.
  • § 387.409
    Insurance and surety companies.
  • § 387.411
    Qualifications as a self-insurer and other securities or agreements.
  • § 387.413
    Forms and procedure.
  • § 387.415
    Acceptance and revocation by the FMCSA.
  • § 387.417
    Fiduciaries.
  • § 387.419
    Electronic filing of surety bonds, certificates of insurance and cancellations.

Part 387
MINIMUM LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOTOR CARRIERS

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§ 387.1: Purpose and scope.

This subpart prescribes the minimum levels of financial responsibility required to be maintained by motor carriers of property operating motor vehicles in interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce. The purpose of these regulations is to create additional incentives to motor carriers to maintain and operate their vehicles in a safe manner and to assure that motor carriers maintain an appropriate level of financial responsibility for motor vehicles operated on public highways.

Citation: [46 FR 30982, June 11, 1981, as amended at 48 FR 52683, Nov. 21, 1983]

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