FMCSA Creates New Registration Records System
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FMCSA is creating a new central records system for registration data from motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, cargo tank facilities, hazardous materials permit holders, and related service providers. The system replaces and consolidates older FMCSA registration systems, including the Unified Registration System and Licensing and Insurance system. Businesses regulated by FMCSA should expect their registration data to be stored and shared through one unified system. The records may include business contact details, USDOT numbers, payment transaction data, tax identifiers, and in limited cases Social Security numbers for sole proprietors without an EIN. Comments are due by June 10, 2026, and the new routine data-sharing uses take effect on that date.
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Key Changes
- Creates a new DOT/FMCSA system of records for FMCSA registration data
- Consolidates older FMCSA registration systems into one unified registration system
- Defines what personal and business data may be collected, stored, retrieved, and shared
Obligations
What this law requires
Submit any comments on the new DOT/FMCSA 015 FMCSA Registration Records system by June 10, 2026 and identify the submission with docket number OST-2024-0071.
FMCSA-regulated registration applicants must provide registration information through the unified FMCSA registration system, including business name, operating name, business address, email address, phone numbers, USDOT number-related details, designated registrant employee information, and payment transaction details when fees apply.
Cargo tank facilities required to register with FMCSA must provide registration information in the FMCSA registration system, including information for manufacturers, assemblers, repairers, inspectors, testers, and design certifying engineers.
Sole proprietor registrants who choose not to obtain an EIN must provide their Social Security number as the tax identifier for identity verification, record matching, and administration of FMCSA registration requirements.
Authorized account holders and third-party service providers submitting registration-related information on behalf of registrants must provide information only when designated by the registration applicant to act on the applicant’s behalf.