# Lease and Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers of Passengers
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2015-05-27 · Effective 2015-07-27 · 80 FR 30164
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-12644
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 30164
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 390
- **Publication date:** 2015-05-27
- **Effective date:** 2015-07-27
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0103
## Abstract

FMCSA adopts regulations governing the lease and interchange of passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to: Identify the motor carrier operating a passenger-carrying CMV that is responsible for compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs); and ensure that a lessor surrenders control of the CMV for the full term of the lease or temporary exchange of CMVs and drivers. This action is necessary to ensure that unsafe passenger carriers cannot evade FMCSA oversight and enforcement by entering into a questionable lease arrangement to operate under the authority of another carrier that exercises no actual control over those operations. This rule will enable the FMCSA, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and our Federal and State partners to identify motor carriers transporting passengers in interstate commerce and correctly assign responsibility to these entities for regulatory violations during inspections, compliance investigations, and crash investigations. It also provides the general public with the means to identify the responsible motor carrier at the time transportation services are provided.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/05/27/2015-12644/lease-and-interchange-of-vehicles-motor-carriers-of-passengers)
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