With several thousand liver transplants being performed each year and many patients being managed in their local medical centers, much of the interpretation of transplant liver biopsy specimens has moved from the transplant hospital to the community setting. This article discusses both typical and more peculiar changes that occur in the transplant liver biopsy specimen. Accurate interpretation requires clear knowledge of these possible changes as well as knowledge of clinical data, such as time elapsed since transplantation and the patient's primary disease.