

The BOC-3 form is available from any of the FMCSA’s Service Centers or Division Offices. Our Process Agent will get your BOC-3 form filed with the FMCSA within 24 business hours of your order. The carrier may use a “blanket designation” to meet this requirement, rather than contracting with an agent in each state individually. The BOC-3 form for designation of agents must be. It must include all states for which agency designations are required. The FMCSA requires that you have a process agent in every state that you travel through or do business in.

A broker or freight forwarder applicant, without CMVs, can file Form BOC-3 on their own behalf. To locate a carrier’s process agent, the DOT will provide the name and address of the agent from their files. Only a process agent, on behalf of the applicant (carrier), can file Form BOC-3 (Designation of Process Agents) with the FMCSA. The number assigned to a census record in the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS). In order to file, please identify the carrier by its US DOT or docket numbers. This enables court actions to be served in the jurisdiction in which the event occurred, and eliminates the need to search for the location of a motor carrier domiciled in another jurisdiction. Registered blanket companies may file for a carrier. The process agent functions as a conduit between the legal system and the motor carrier. You cannot obtain your FMCSA authority without. The agent for service of process is the carriers “statutory agent,” located in each state of operation, and may receive notice of any actions against the carrier in that state on behalf of the carrier. All for-hire motor carriers and freight brokers who engage in interstate transportation, must obtain a BOC-3. Everyone who files for MC Interstate Authority is required to have a BOC-3 on filed with FMCSA.Īuthorization granted by the FMCSA to operate as a for-hire carrier, freight forwarder, or broker requires the applicant, as a condition of the authorization, to file with the DOT a “Designation of Agent for Service of Process” (BOC-3) for each state in which operations will be conducted. Having a process agent listed in all 50 states is known as a "blanket coverage". A "process agent" acts as a representative to forward legal or court documents in any proceeding that might be brought against your company.
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The BOC-3 is the form used by the FMCSA to list the "process agents" in all states. Applicant begins operation AFTER receiving certificate, permit, or license for.
