Get Your Trucking Authority Set Up Right
Starting a trucking company means a stack of federal paperwork: your USDOT number, your operating authority, and a few required filings most new owners have never heard of before they need them. Tech Rig handles all of it, so your authority actually goes active instead of sitting stuck.
Two quick questions, then see exactly which filings your truck needs.
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What do you need?
Pick a service and we'll confirm your USDOT or MC number next.
What we handle
The filings you can order online today, each priced up front. Everything else we file is in the compliance hub. We are officially listed by FMCSA as a BOC-3 blanket process-agent company, and we know the MOTUS system inside out.
Annual Unified Carrier Registration, with the right fleet bracket.
FMCSA Clearinghouse registration for drug and alcohol records.
Which describes you?
What you actually need depends on where you are already. Pick the one that fits.
You do not have a USDOT number yet, or you are early in the process. Do these four in order: each one gates the next, and doing them out of sequence is the most common reason authority sits inactive for weeks with no clear cause.
- USDOT number
Your federal carrier ID. Every commercial truck needs one before it can legally operate.
- MC authority
Your legal permission to haul freight for other people, for pay, across state lines.
- BOC-3 filing
Names someone in every state who can accept legal paperwork for you. Along with your insurer's proof of insurance, it must be on file before the 21-day federal waiting period ends, or your authority will not activate.
- UCR registration
The annual registration almost every carrier must renew.
If you will run CDL drivers, you will also need:
- Driver qualification files
The paperwork FMCSA requires on file for every driver you run.
- Clearinghouse registration
The federal drug and alcohol violation database CDL carriers must check.
- Drug & alcohol consortium
The required random drug and alcohol testing pool for your CDL drivers.
You do not have to figure this out yourself. We do the filings in the right order, so nothing you did (or did not) do is the reason your authority is stuck.
Why carriers trust Tech Rig
- Since 2025
- 40+ compliance clients across 10+ states.
- FMCSA listed
- BOC-3 blanket process-agent company.
We work with Motive for ELD and with OTR Solutions and RTS Financial for factoring. DGR Tech Rig LLC is officially listed by FMCSA as a BOC-3 blanket process-agent company.
Client stories appear here as permissions clear.
Whether you are just starting out or fixing a setup that stalled, we have the next step. Talk to us.
Two quick questions, then see exactly which filings your truck needs.