49 CFR § 365.101 - Applications governed by these rules.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s365.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 365.101 - Applications governed by these rules."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "365.101"
section_name: "Applications governed by these rules."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "365"
part_name: "RULES GOVERNING APPLICATIONS FOR OPERATING AUTHORITY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 553 and 559; 49 U.S.C. 13101, 13301, 13901-13906, 13908, 14708, 31133, 31138, and 31144; 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 63728, Dec. 9, 1994, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996."
cfr_part: "365"
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# 365.101 Applications governed by these rules.

These rules govern the handling of applications for operating authority of the following type:

(a) Applications for certificates of motor carrier registration to operate as a motor carrier of property or passengers.

(b) Applications for permits to operate as a freight forwarder.

(c) [Reserved]

(d) Applications for licenses to operate as a broker of motor vehicle transportation.

(e) Applications for certificates under 49 U.S.C. 13902(b)(3) to operate as a motor carrier of passengers in intrastate commerce over regular routes if such intrastate transportation is to be provided on a route over which the carrier provides interstate transportation of passengers.

(f) [Reserved]

(g) Applications for temporary motor carrier authority.

(h) Applications for Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate in foreign commerce as common, contract or private motor carriers of property (including exempt items) between Mexico and all points in the United States. A Mexico-domiciled motor carrier may not provide point-to-point transportation services, including express delivery services, within the United States for goods other than international cargo.

(i) Applications for non-North America-domiciled motor carriers to operate in foreign commerce as for-hire motor carriers of property and passengers within the United States.

(j) The rules in this part do not apply to “pipeline welding trucks” as defined in 49 CFR 390.38(b).

[59 FR 63728, Dec. 9, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 63981, Dec. 13, 1995; 62 FR 49940, Sept. 24, 1997; 67 FR 12714, Mar. 19, 2002; 67 FR 61820, Oct. 2, 2002; 73 FR 76488, Dec. 16, 2008; 74 FR 2901, Jan. 16, 2009; 81 FR 47720, July 22, 2016; 80 FR 63704, Oct. 21, 2015; 86 FR 57068, Oct. 14, 2021]

At 82 FR 5299, Jan. 17, 2017, § 365.101 was suspended, effective Jan. 14, 2017. At 86 FR 57068, Oct. 14, 2021, the suspension was lifted and amendments were made to § 365.101. In that same document, § 365.101 was again suspended indefinitely.