§ 101-41.310-4 - Presentation and payment of carrier's bills.

Carrier's bills for transportation charges shall be subject to the standards for payment prescribed in subpart 101-41.4

(a) Bills prepared as provided in § 101-41.310, excluding to the extent otherwise provided in § 101-41.304 or § 101-41.312, are payable to:

(1) The last carrier or forwarder in privity with the contract of carriage as evidenced by the covering GBL;

(2) A participating carrier or forwarder in privity with the contract of carriage as evidenced by the covering GBL when the bill is submitted with a waiver accomplished by the last carrier (as described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section) in favor or the billing carrier;

(3) A carrier (as described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section) or its properly designated warehouse agent billing in the name of the carrier as authorized in § 101-41.309-2; or

(4) An agent of the carrier or forwarder (as described in paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section) provided the bill is submitted in the name of the principal. The agent's mailing address may be shown on those bills, and checks drawn in the name of the principal may be mailed to the agent.

(b) Any bill not in conformity with requirements outlined in this section shall be returned to the billing carrier with a statement of the reasons for nonpayment.