Government Still Obsessed With Your Moving Company's Paperwork
Published Date: 1/15/2025
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Summary
The Department of Transportation is renewing a paperwork rule that helps protect people moving their household goods by truck. This update changes how many companies must report info, how long it takes, and the costs involved. Movers and customers should know comments are open until March 17, 2025, so speak up if you want to help shape the rules!
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Movers' Paperwork Burden Updated
The FMCSA renewed its information collection for household goods motor carriers and reports an estimated 7,861 respondents and a total annual burden of 3,722,704 hours. The agency says this is an increase of 14,609 annual burden hours from the previously approved estimate and the collection expires July 31, 2025.
Required Protections for Household Shippers
If you hire a carrier to move household goods, carriers must conduct a physical survey of your items unless you waive it in writing and must give you a written estimate based on that survey. Carriers must also prepare an inventory and bill of lading, obtain weight tickets, keep records of shipment delays and complaints, and provide shippers records of contacts about delays upon request to help combat deceptive practices.
Retention Period for Waiver Receipts Cut
FMCSA's earlier rule change reduced the required retention period for a shipper's written waiver of printed consumer materials from 3 years to 1 year. That change was made on July 16, 2012, and applies to household goods motor carriers' recordkeeping for waiver documentation.
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