Motor Carrier Identification Report
At Global Phoenix Services, we offer professional services to help you apply for your USDOT number. Our online form will guide you step by step through the process, ensuring that all the necessary details are completed correctly.
Both services are designed to streamline the process and ensure that you comply with all the necessary regulations to operate legally.
(C=Carrier; S=Shipper; B=Bulk, in cargo tanks; NB=Non-Bulk, in packages)
Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV) are vehicles used for transporting goods or passengers for business purposes. They are regulated by the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) and must meet specific safety standards.
Non-Commercial Motor Vehicles (NON-CMV) are vehicles used for personal or non-business purposes. They are not subject to the same regulations as CMVs but must still comply with local traffic laws.
ALL MOTOR PASSENGER CARRIER APPLICANTS must certify as follows:
Applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide the proposed operations and to comply with all pertinent statutory and regulatory requirements, including the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Americans with Disabilities Act regulations for over-the-road bus companies located at 49 CFR Part 37, Subpart H, if applicable.
Private entities that are primarily in the business of transporting people, whose operations affect commerce, and that transport passengers in an over-the-road bus (defined as a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck over a baggage compartment) are subject to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Americans with Disabilities Act regulations located at 49 CFR Part 37, Subpart H. For a general overview of these regulations, go to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Web site .
Applicants that will operate commercial motor vehicles must complete this section.
The dollar amounts in parentheses represent the minimum amount of bodily injury and property damage (liability) insurance coverage you must maintain and have on file with the FMCSA. (Refer to the instructions for information about cargo insurance requirements for motor common carriers and United States-based enterprise carriers, and surety bond/trust fund agreement filings for brokers.)
For vehicle-operating applicants only. (Select only one.)
If you will operate vehicles of more than 10,001 pounds GVWR and are, thus, subject to pertinent portions of the USDOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) at 49 CFR, Chapter 3, Subchapter B (Parts 350-399), you must certify as follows:
If you will operate only small vehicles (GVWR under 10,001 pounds) and will not transport hazardous materials, you are exempt from FMCSRs, and must certify as follows:
Applicant is familiar with and will observe general operational safety guidelines, as well as any State and local laws and requirements relating to the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles and the safe transportation of hazardous materials.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOTOR COMMON CARRIER APPLICANTS (including United States-based Enterprise Carriers of International Household Goods) MUST CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
Applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide the specialized services necessary to transport household goods. This assessment of fitness includes applicant’s general familiarity with former ICC, FHWA, or OMCS, now FMCSA regulations for household goods movements and also requires an assurance that applicant has or is willing to acquire the protective equipment and trained operators necessary to perform household goods movements and that applicant will offer arbitration as a means of settling loss and damage disputes on collect-on-delivery shipments. The proposed operations will serve a useful public purpose responsive to a public demand or need.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOTOR CONTRACT CARRIER APPLICANTS (including United States-based Enterprise Carriers of International Household Goods) MUST CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
Applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide the specialized services necessary to transport household goods. This assessment of fitness includes applicant’s general familiarity with former ICC, FHWA, or OMCS, now FMCSA regulations for household goods movements and also requires an assurance that applicant has or is willing to acquire the protective equipment and trained operators necessary to perform household goods movements and that applicant will offer arbitration as a means of settling loss and damage disputes on collect-on-delivery shipments. The proposed service will be consistent with the public interest and the transportation policy of 49 USC 13101.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS BROKER APPLICANTS MUST CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
Applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide household goods brokerage operations and to comply with all pertinent statutory and regulatory requirements. The involved services will be consistent with the public interest and the transportation policy of 49 USC 13101.
ONLY APPLICANTS REQUESTING OPERATING AUTHORITY AS A MOTOR CONTRACT CARRIER OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS MUST COMPLETE THIS SECTION; CHECK ALL BOXES THAT APPLY.
I, (please type or print name), verify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States of America, that all information supplied on this form or relating to this application is true and correct. Further, I certify that I am qualified and authorized to file this application. I know that willful misstatements or omissions of material facts constitute Federal criminal violations punishable under 18 USC 1001 by imprisonment up to 5 years and fines up to $10,000 for each offense. Additionally, these misstatements are punishable as perjury under 18 USC 1621, which provides for fines up to $2,000 or imprisonment up to 5 years for each offense.
I further certify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States, that I have not been convicted, after September 1, 1989, of any Federal or State offense involving the distribution or possession of a controlled substance, or that if I have been so convicted, I am not ineligible to receive Federal benefits, either by court order or operation of law, pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 USC 862).
Finally, I certify that the applicant is not domiciled in Mexico, or owned or controlled by persons of that country. (Note: This portion of the Applicant’s Oath does not pertain to applicants that are U.S.-based enterprises owned or controlled by persons of Mexico seeking to provide truck services for the transportation of international cargo.)
I, , certify that I am familiar with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and/or Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations. Under penalties of perjury, I declare that the information entered on this report is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, correct, and complete.