49 USC 21311 - Records and reports

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§ 21311.

Records and reports

(a)

Records and Reports Under Chapter 201.—

A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person knowingly and willfully—

(1)

makes a false entry in a record or report required to be made or preserved under chapter 201 of this title;

(2)

destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies such a record or report;

(3)

does not enter required specified facts and transactions in such a record or report;

(4)

makes or preserves such a record or report in violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under chapter 201 of this title; or

(5)

files a false record or report with the Secretary of Transportation.

(b)

Accident and Incident Reports.—

A railroad carrier not filing a report in violation of section 20901 of this title shall be fined not more than $2,500. A separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues.

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title III, § 310, Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4882.)

cite as: 49 USC 21311