Details for collected money and the claim period

The order defines a C.O.D. shipment by the consignor's condition that the delivering carrier collect specified money and return it to the consignor or designated payee. Paying the carrier's own transport charges does not alone establish that arrangement. Keep the payment instruction, shipment identification and designated payee with the delivery and remittance records.

The bond is filed with the carrier as principal and a California-authorized qualified surety. General Order 84-H sets a minimum $2,000 and permits an increase for a particular carrier in the public interest. It requires the undertaking to state the operations covered and to be revised or reissued when additional operating authority is obtained to show whether it is covered.

The remittance rule requires prompt payment, no later than 10 days after delivery unless the consignor instructs otherwise in writing. The bond claim provisions address money due and not remitted within 10 days. Suit against the surety must begin within one year from the date the shipment was tendered to the carrier, not a year after discovery or the date of a later complaint.

The order also requires separate trust-account handling of collected money, subject to its stated exceptions, and shipment and remittance records. Surety cancellation becomes effective 30 days after the regulator receives written notice. Use the regulator's receipt date when arranging replacement and match the accepted undertaking's effective period. Cancellation does not settle outstanding remittances.

BHGS's current household-mover guidance confirms the C.O.D. requirement, and its law book explains continuation of the former CPUC rules under Business and Professions Code section 19228. Use current BHGS instructions for a household-mover filing rather than an old CPUC office address. Other carrier classes and any claimed exemption or deviation need their own applicable authority determination.