Passenger manifest

Definition

California calls this a waybill, the daily record of prearranged rides kept in the car with the chauffeur.

Why It Matters

Prearranged basis names the rule and stops there. This is what proves a given ride was prearranged, and where the proof has to sit. Washington requires a chauffeur to have the manifest in their possession to operate at all, available for immediate examination: inside the limousine when the chauffeur is inside it, carried by the chauffeur when they are not. The sentence a buyer underwrites is the next one. On the sale or transfer of a limousine carrier business the records transfer to the new owner and become the new owner's responsibility, retained for at least a year after the sale. So you inherit an enforcement exposure for rides you did not run, and a seller with thin manifests is a seller whose prearranged revenue split is an assertion.