Summary
If you employ CDLs (even one, and even if it’s yourself), you are required by federal regulations to register in the FMCSA Clearinghouse.
Do it here: https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/
As of January 6, 2020, it’s the law.
Clearinghouse Queries-Pricing
Queries must be purchased by the employer. Your C/TPA is not permitted to do it for you.
They are $1.25 each. Learn about them here: https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/Query/Plan
Available now.
How many should you buy?
How many drivers do you have? How many do you hire each year? Add those together. That many.
Better to estimate high.
Want help with the FMCSA Clearinghouse? We do that.
www.inoutlabs.com/clearinghouse
But you have to opt-in.
If you are an owner AND a driver, you are required to select a C/TPA. For everyone else, it’s optional.
Questions? Ask.
If you missed our last messages about the new CDL FMCSA Clearinghouse, you’ll want to check them out.