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FMCSA BOC-3 Filing Help

Finding a carrier
Registered blanket companies may file for a carrier. In order to file, please identify the carrier by its US DOT or docket numbers. [Instructions are provided below.]

US DOT Number
The number assigned to a census record in the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS).
Each motor carrier should have only one active census number.
The census number has no internally coded structure. Numbers are issued sequentially as carriers are added to the system.

Docket Number
This alphanumeric value is assigned to motor carriers engaging in interstate or foreign operations. It consists of the prefix and the numbers that are issued sequentially as carriers are registered in the system.
The docket number is found in the Licensing and Insurance (L&I) database of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
Note: Prior to January 1, 1996, the docket numbers were assigned by the Interstate Commerce by the Commission (ICC).

Most numbers are prefixed by "MC", which represents motor carrier. Other prefixes are "MX" for a motor carrier that is owned or controlled by a person of Mexican nationality or domiciled in Mexico, and "FF", for a freight forwarder.

If your entry retrieves no matches from the database, or if it retrieves more than one match, please check your entry for errors or open the Carrier Search page to perform a more comprehensive search, and then return to this screen.

If your search retrieves only one match, you may file for that carrier by pressing 'Yes' on the detail screen.
If this is not the carrier you want, press 'No' to return to the selection screen.

Reports on process agents
Registered blanket companies may also review the carriers that have filed process agents, as well as the process-agent filings that were posted on the current date. These lists are available online (press SCREEN) and as a Crystal Report (press REPORT).

Becoming a BOC-3 filer
You must have a username and password in order to use the BOC-3 Filing option.
In order to get a username and password you must register with the FMCSA as a BOC-3 filer.

Registered blanket companies may change their passwords by pressing CHANGE PASSWORD.

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