Detention
3 long-form answers on this topic, each written against a question a freight buyer actually asked and sourced to documents you can fetch.
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Detention Free Time by Carrier: What the Tariffs Publish
Free time before detention is a tariff term, not a standard: across 19 issuers it runs from 15 minutes to 6 hours and is keyed to shipment weight in eight of the thirteen, shipments per stop or equipment.
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Who Proves Detention Time: Tariffs vs Rate Confirmations
Who must prove a truck was waiting depends on the governing contract: a carrier's tariff accepts the carrier's own records, while a broker's rate confirmation can require the arrival and departure times on the bill of lading.
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Detention Pay in Trucking: What It Is and How It Works
Detention pay is a contract term that the federal hours-of-service rules on on-duty time and driving limits (49 CFR 395.2 and 395.3) do not set, so it is only collectable when the rate confirmation names the free time and rate and someone recorded the arrival and departure times.