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49 U.S.C. § 44739

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Pets on airplanes
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Title
49 — Transportation
Chapter
STVII/PTA/SPTIII/CH447
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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(a) Prohibition.—It shall be unlawful for any person to place a live animal in an overhead storage compartment of an aircraft operated under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. (b) Civil Penalty.—The Administrator may impose a civil penalty under section 46301 for each violation of this section. (Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 417(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3334.)

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