FMCSA Keeps Agent Designation Forms Rolling for Carriers Nationwide
Published Date: 4/1/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is renewing a form that motor carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders use to officially name their legal agents in each state they operate. This renewal keeps the process smooth and legal, with no new fees or big changes. If you’re in this business, make sure to update your info when you start or change agents, and send any comments by May 1, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
File Form BOC-3 When Registering
If you are a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder, you must file Form BOC-3 to designate a process agent when you first register with FMCSA and again if you change agents or begin operating in a new State. FMCSA estimates 110,799 respondents, a 10-minute (0.167 hour) time burden per response, and an estimated total annual burden of 18,503 hours.
Per‑State Process Agent Requirement
Registered motor carriers must designate an agent for service of process for every State in which they operate or traverse, and every broker must designate an agent for each State where it has an office or where contracts are written, as required by 49 U.S.C. 13303, 13304 and regulations at 49 CFR part 366.
ICR Renewal with No New Fees
FMCSA is renewing the existing information collection (OMB Control No. 2126-0015) for designating agents and indicates this renewal does not introduce new fees or major changes. Comments on the renewal must be received by May 1, 2026.
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