49 CFR § 385.303 - How to register with FMCSA.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s385.303"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 385.303 - How to register with FMCSA."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "385.303"
section_name: "How to register with FMCSA."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "385"
part_name: "SAFETY FITNESS PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 521(b), 5105(d), 5109, 5113, 13901-13905, 13908, 31135, 31136, 31144, 31148, 31151, 31502; sec. 113(a), Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676; sec. 408, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 958; sec. 350, Pub. L. 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, 864; sec. 5205, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1537; and 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 50968, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 385.303 How to register with FMCSA.

A motor carrier registers with FMCSA by completing Form MCSA-1, the URS online application which is available at *http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/urs*. Complete instructions for the Form MCSA-1 also are available at the same location.

[80 FR 63707, Oct. 21, 2015]

At 82 FR 5304, Jan. 17, 2017, § 385.303 was suspended, effective Jan. 14, 2017. At 89 FR 90620, Nov. 18, 2024, the suspension was lifted and the section heading was revised. In that same document, § 385.303 was again suspended indefinitely, effective Nov. 18, 2024.