Legal Steps

The following are the steps you need to take to cross State lines:

1. File for the Authority with the FMCSA (formerly Federal Highway Administration).
   

2. File the MCS 150 and the MCS 150 A (for the US DOT number) with the U.S. DOT in Washington D.C.

3. In about one week the MC number and the U.S. DOT number will be issued. For the MC number to become active the following will need to be done:

   1. Have your insurance agent request that the liability (BMC 91X), cargo (BMC 34), bond (BMC 84), or trust fund (BMC 85) for a broker, be filed.

   2. Have the Process Agents filed. Please remember that all applicants must go through a 10-day protest period. The protest starts the day the MC # is posted in the Federal Register.

4. Once Insurance and Process Agents are on file,  the Authority will be mailed to you.
   

5. While waiting on Authority to be granted, we can file for the IFTA and the Road and Mileage Tax Credentials for KY, NM, NY and OR.