You’ve got your truck, and you have a business structure, so the next step is to get your operating authority. Motor Carrier Authority, also known as Interstate Trucking Authority, is required for trucking company owners that operate as for-hire motor carriers and transport passengers or federally-regulated commodities in interstate commerce. The process of activating your MC number can take 15-25 days, so it is important to work with a specialist to ensure the process is completed correctly.

In addition to filing an application for operating authority, all applicants for motor carrier, freight forwarder, and broker authorities must have specific insurance and legal process agent documents on file before the FMCSA will issue the authorities. The required filings vary, based on the types of registrations involved.Applicants should be prepared to contact their agents to request filing of the required forms immediately after obtaining their designated docket number. These filings must be received within 90 days after the FMCSA has published a public notice of intention to register the applicant. (Applicants will be notified by letter of their docket number and date of publication in the FMCSA Register.)

Applicants are cautioned to ensure that the name and address of the business as set out in all pre-registration filings match exactly the name and address provided in their application for operating authority filings. Any deviation will result in rejection of the supplemental pre-registration filings.
Cargo insurance is not required to get your authority started yet you will need it to haul a load for a customer.

BOC-3 Process agents – FMCSA requires you to have a process agent in every state you do business in. This entity would get served papers if you had legal trouble in a state other than the one your business is based in. You file this with Form BOC-3. We can easily handle this on your behalf.

Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) – This is filed with the state you’re based in, and the fee is based on the number of trucks in your fleet (power only).

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