[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR390.19]

[Page 319-320]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 390_FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS; GENERAL--Table of 
Contents
 
             Subpart B_General Requirements and Information
 
Sec.  390.19  Motor carrier identification report.

    (a) Each motor carrier that conducts operations in interstate 
commerce (or intrastate commerce if the carrier requires a Safety Permit 
as per Sec.  385.400

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of this chapter) must file a Motor Carrier Identification Report, Form 
MCS-150, or the Combined Motor Carrier Identification Report and HM 
Permit Application, Form MCS-150B for permitted carriers, at the 
following times:
    (1) Before it begins operations; and
    (2) Every 24 months, according to the following schedule:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
          USDOT Number ending in              Must file by last day of;
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.........................................  January
2.........................................  February
3.........................................  March
4.........................................  April
5.........................................  May
6.........................................  June
7.........................................  July
8.........................................  August
9.........................................  September
0.........................................  October
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) If the next-to-last digit of its USDOT number is odd, the motor 
carrier shall file its update in every odd-numbered calendar year. If 
the next-to-last digit of the USDOT number is even, the motor carrier 
shall file its update in every even-numbered calendar year.
    (b) The Motor Carrier Identification Report, Form MCS-150, and the 
Combined Motor Carrier Identification Report and HM Permit Application, 
Form MCS-150B, with complete instructions, are available from the FMCSA 
Web site at: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov (Keyword ``MCS-150'' or ``MCS-
150B''); from all FMCSA Service Centers and Division offices nationwide; 
or by calling 1-800-832-5660.
    (c) The completed Motor Carrier Identification Report, Form MCS-150, 
or Combined Motor Carrier Identification Report and HM Permit 
Application, Form MCS-150B, must be filed with FMCSA Office of 
Information Management.
    (1) The form may be filed electronically according to the 
instructions at the agency's web site, or it may be sent to Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Information Technology 
(MC-RI), 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (2) A for-hire motor carrier should submit the Form MCS-150, or Form 
MCS-150B, along with its application for operating authority (Form OP-1 
or OP-2), to the appropriate address referenced on that form, or may 
submit it electronically or by mail separately to the address mentioned 
in this section.
    (d) Only the legal name or a single trade name of the motor carrier 
may be used on the motor carrier identification report (Form MCS-150 or 
MCS-150B).
    (e) A motor carrier that fails to file a Motor Carrier 
Identification Report, Form MCS-150, or the Combined Motor Carrier 
Identification Report and HM Permit Application, Form MCS-150B, or 
furnishes misleading information or makes false statements upon Form 
MCS-150 or Form MCS-150B, is subject to the penalties prescribed in 49 
U.S.C. 521(b)(2)(B).
    (f) Upon receipt and processing of the Motor Carrier Identification 
Report, Form MCS-150, or the Combined Motor Carrier Identification 
Report and HM Permit Application, Form MCS-150B, the FMCSA will issue 
the motor carrier an identification number (USDOT Number). The motor 
carrier must display the number on each self-propelled CMV, as defined 
in Sec.  390.5, along with the additional information required by Sec.  
390.21.
    (g) A motor carrier that registers its vehicles in a State that 
participates in the Performance and Registration Information Systems 
Management (PRISM) program (authorized under section 4004 of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century [(Public Law 105-178, 112 
Stat. 107]) is exempt from the requirements of this section, provided it 
files all the required information with the appropriate State office.

[Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2126-0013]

[65 FR 35296, June 2, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 70514, Nov. 24, 2000; 67 
FR 9416, Mar. 1, 2002; 69 FR 39372, June 30, 2004; 72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 
2007]