Missouri § 387.130 - Granting or attempting to grant reduced rates prohibited.

§ 387.130. Granting or attempting to grant reduced rates prohibited.

No motor carrier or any officer or agent thereof or any person acting for or employed by it, shall assist, suffer or permit any person or corporation to obtain transportation for any passenger or household goods between points within this state at less than the rates then established and in force in accordance with the schedules filed and published in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, by means of false billing, false classification, false weight or weighing, or false report of weight, or by any other device or means.  No person, corporation, or any officer, agent or employee of a corporation, who shall deliver household goods for transportation within this state to a motor carrier, shall seek to obtain or obtain such transportation for such household goods at less than the rates then established and in force therefor, as aforesaid, by false billing, false or incorrect classification, false weight or weighing, false representation of the contents of a package, or false report or statement of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the motor carrier, or any of its officers, agents or employees.

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(RSMo 1939 § 5612, A.L. 1996 S.B. 780)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 5156; 1919 § 10445

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