{"id":4519,"date":"2012-05-01T04:24:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T04:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2012-05-01T04:24:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T04:24:49","slug":"applying-for-interstate-trucking-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/applying-for-interstate-trucking-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for Interstate Trucking Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Decide <\/strong><em>whom you want to work for. A common authority lets you work with the public with a moving company, for instance. To do interstate trucking for businesses, you&#8217;ll need contract authority.<\/p>\n<p>Determine what goods you want to transport. You need household goods authority to work as a mover. General commodities is appropriate for work with trucking companies. To arrange transport between states without taking responsibility for the cargo, get a broker authority.<\/p>\n<p>File for a USDOT number. This is issued by the Federal Motor <a href=\"http:\/\/cdlapps.com\/\">Carrier <\/a>Safety Administration (FMCSA). They regulate safety measures for commercial transportation activities.<\/p>\n<p>Fill out the OP-1 form with the FMCSA for obtaining interstate operating authority. This shows you&#8217;ve got adequate insurance to cover property loss or damage and personal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>File the BOC-3 form. This designates you have a process agent in all 50 states who&#8217;s willing to receive and forward legal documents to you.<\/p>\n<p>File the BOC-3 form. This designates you have a process agent in all 50 states who&#8217;s willing to receive and forward legal documents to you.<\/p>\n<p>Expect the interstate <a href=\"http:\/\/rightnowloads.com\/\">trucking authority<\/a> registration process to take at least 30 days. Once you get your <a href=\"http:\/\/cdlapps.com\/\">license<\/a>, you must register it with the Single State Registration System. This is something you&#8217;ll have to do yearly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rightnowloads.com\/\">http:\/\/rightnowloads.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decide whom you want to work for. A common authority lets you work with the public with a moving company, for instance. To do interstate trucking for businesses, you&#8217;ll need contract authority. Determine what goods you want to transport. You need household goods authority to work as a mover. General commodities is appropriate for work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4522,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions\/4522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}