Statutory time limits vary depending on the mode and the service involved and may involve freight charges. The following tables list the time limits:
Mode | Freight charges | Reparations | Loss and damage |
(1) Rail | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 11705 | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 11705 | 6 years. 28 U.S.C. 2415 . |
(2) Motor | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 14705(f) | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 14705(f) | 6 years. 28 U.S.C. 2415 . |
(3) Freight Forwarders subject to the IC Act | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 14705(f) | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 14705(f) | 6 years. 28 U.S.C. 2415 . |
(4) Water (subject to the IC Act) | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 14705(f) | 3 years 49 U.S.C. 14705(f) | 6 years. 28 U.S.C. 2415 . |
(5) Water (not subject to the IC Act) | 6 years 28 U.S.C. 2415 | 2 years 46 U.S.C. 821 | 1 year. 46 U.S.C. 1303(6) (if subject to Carriage of Goods by Sear Act, 46 U.S.C. 1300-1315 ). |
(6) Domestic Air | 6 years 28 U.S.C. 2415 | 6 years. 28 U.S.C. 2415 . | |
(7) International Air | 6 years 28 U.S.C. 2415 | 2 years. 49 U.S.C. 40105 . |
Mode | Freight | Reparations | Loss and damage |
(1) All | 6 years 28 U.S.C. 2415 | 6 years. 28 U.S.C. 2415 . |
41 C.F.R. §102-118.460