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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Sec. 7.5. “Freight forwarder” means any person that:
(1) holds itself out to the general public (other than as a pipeline, rail, motor, air, or water carrier) as a provider of transportation of property for compensation; and
(2) in the ordinary course of its business:
(A) assembles and consolidates, or provides for assembling and consolidating, shipments and performs or provides for breakbulk and distribution operations of the shipments;
(B) assumes responsibility for the transportation from the place of receipt to the place of destination; and
(C) uses a carrier subject to this article for any part of the transportation from the place of receipt to the place of destination.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 8. Utilities and Transportation § 8-2.1-17-7.5 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-8-utilities-and-transportation/in-code-sect-8-2-1-17-7-5/
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