{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s21311","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f21311.","heading":"Records and reports","text":"\u00a7\u202f21311.\nRecords and reports\n(a)\nRecords and Reports Under Chapter 201.\u2014\nA person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person knowingly and willfully\u2014\n(1) makes a false entry in a record or report required to be made or preserved under chapter 201 of this title;\n(2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies such a record or report;\n(3) does not enter required specified facts and transactions in such a record or report;\n(4) makes or preserves such a record or report in violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under chapter 201 of this title; or\n(5) files a false record or report with the Secretary of Transportation.\n(b)\nAccident and Incident Reports.\u2014\nA railroad carrier not filing a report in violation of\nsection 20901 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s21311.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f21311."},{"t":"heading","text":"Records and reports"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Records and Reports Under Chapter 201.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person knowingly and willfully\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" makes a false entry in a record or report required to be made or preserved under chapter 201 of this title;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies such a record or report;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" does not enter required specified facts and transactions in such a record or report;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" makes or preserves such a record or report in violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under chapter 201 of this title; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" files a false record or report with the Secretary of Transportation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s21311/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Accident and Incident Reports.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"A railroad carrier not filing a report in violation of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 20901 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s20901","tail":" shall be fined not more than $2,500. A separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}