Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§16102 Recordkeeping and Reporting Violations

Title 49 › SUBTITLE IV — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › PART C — PIPELINE CARRIERS › CHAPTER 161 — CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES › § 16102

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Punishes anyone who must make or keep reports or records for the Board under chapter 157 about transportation covered by this part and who, on purpose, puts false information in a report or record, destroys or changes records, leaves out business facts, breaks Board rules about making or keeping records, or files a false report with the Board. That person can be fined under title 18, put in jail for up to 2 years, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §16102

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A person required to make a report to the Board, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under chapter 157 about transportation subject to this part that knowingly and willfully—
(1)makes a false entry in the report or record,
(2)destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record,
(3)does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record,
(4)makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Board, or
(5)files a false report or record with the Board,
shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11909 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 16102

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110