### Question
How is the term household goods motor carrier defined?


### Answer
The term **household goods motor carrier** is defined in *49 U.S.C. § 13102* as the following:

> a motor carrier that, in the ordinary course of its business of providing transportation of household goods, offers some or all of the following additional services:


(i) Binding and nonbinding estimates

#### Citation:
  - *49 U.S.C. § 13102*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE IV-INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION > PART B-MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS > CHAPTER 131-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

