§40 — Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedure | U.S. Code

Summary

Drivers of commercial motor vehicles must stop and let an authorized employee of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration inspect the vehicle, the driver, the cargo, and any required paperwork at or near an inspection site. The driver must stay until the inspector says they can leave. Commercial motor vehicle — see 49 U.S.C. 31132 (certain large trucks and buses). If a driver knowingly refuses to stop or leaves without permission, they can be fined under federal law, jailed for up to 1 year, or both.

Title 18, §40

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(a)A driver of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 31132 of title 49) shall stop and submit to inspection of the vehicle, driver, cargo, and required records when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of the Department of Transportation, at or in the vicinity of an inspection site. The driver shall not leave the inspection site until authorized to do so by an authorized employee.

(b)A driver of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (a), who knowingly fails to stop for inspection when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Administration at or in the vicinity of an inspection site, or leaves the inspection site without authorization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.

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2008—Pub. L. 110–244 renumbered section 39 of this title, relating to inspection of commercial vehicles, as this section.

§40 Commercial Motor Vehicles Required to Stop for Inspections

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Title 18, §40

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