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§ 368.3 Applying for a certificate of registration.

Current wording, effective November 17, 2023.

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(a) If you wish to obtain a certificate of registration under this part, you must submitelectronically file an application that includes the following:
(1) Form OPMCSA-21—ApplicationURS foronline Mexican Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers Under 49 Uapplication.S.C. 13902;
(2) Form MCS-150—Motor Carrier Identification Report; and
(3) A notification of the means used to designate process agents, either by submission in the application package of Form
BOC-3—Designation of Agents—Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders or aindicate letteron statingthe application that the applicant will use a process agent service that will submit the Form BOC-3 electronically.
(b) The FMCSA will only process your application for a Certificate of Registration if it meets the following conditions:
(1) The application must be completed in English;
(2) The information supplied must be accurate and complete in accordance with the instructions to the Form OPMCSA-21, Formthe MCS-150URS online application, and Form BOC-3;.
(3) The application must include all the required supporting documents and applicable certifications set forth in the instructions to the Form OPMCSA-21, Formthe MCS-150URS online application, and Form BOC-3;
(4) The application must include the filing fee payable to the FMCSA in the amount set forth in 49 CFR 360
.3(f)(1); and
(5) The application must be signed by the applicant.
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c) If you fail to furnish the complete application as described under paragraph (b) of this section your application may be rejected.
(d) If you submit false information under this section, you will be subject to applicable Federal penalties.
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(a) If you wish to obtain a certificate of registration under this part, you must electronically file an application that includes the following:

(1) Form MCSA-1—URS online application.

(2) Form BOC-3—Designation of Agents—Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders or indicate on the application that the applicant will use a process agent service that will submit the Form BOC-3 electronically.

(b) The FMCSA will only process your application for a Certificate of Registration if it meets the following conditions:

(1) The application must be completed in English;

(2) The information supplied must be accurate and complete in accordance with the instructions to Form MCSA-1, the URS online application, and Form BOC-3.

(3) The application must include all the required supporting documents and applicable certifications set forth in the instructions to Form MCSA-1, the URS online application, and Form BOC-3.

(c) If you fail to furnish the complete application as described under paragraph (b) of this section your application may be rejected.

(d) If you submit false information under this section, you will be subject to applicable Federal penalties.

(e) [Reserved]

(f) Form MCSA-1 is the URS online application and is available, including complete instructions, from the FMCSA website at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/urs.

[67 FR 12660, Mar. 19, 2002, as amended by 78 FR 52648, Aug. 23, 2013; 80 FR 63706, Oct. 21, 2015; 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023]

Effective Date Note:

At 82 FR 5297, Jan. 17, 2017, § 368.3 was suspended, effective Jan. 14, 2017. At 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023, the suspension was lifted, § 368.3 was amended, and the section was again suspended indefinitely.

Amendment history

6 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1998
  1. [67 FR 12660, Mar. 19, 2002, as amended by 78 FR 52648, Aug. 23, 2013; 80 FR 63706, Oct. 21, 2015; 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023]
  2. [67 FR 12660, Mar. 19, 2002, as amended by 78 FR 52648, Aug. 23, 2013; 80 FR 63706, Oct. 21, 2015]
  3. Oct. 1, 1998 → Oct. 1, 2002annual editions 1998–2001
    [50 FR 20773, May 20, 1985, as amended at 54 FR 42959, Oct. 19, 1989; 62 FR 15421, Apr. 1, 1997]

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