# 2026-06279: FMCSA Keeps Agent Designation Forms Rolling for Carriers Nationwide

2026-06279, Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published 2026-04-01, effective 2026-04-30; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-06279
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-06279
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 16278
- Published: 2026-04-01
- Effective: 2026-04-30
- Comments close: 2026-05-01
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FMCSA Keeps Agent Designation Forms Rolling for Carriers Nationwide

## 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.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. FMCSA requests approval to renew the previously approved ICR titled, "Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders," OMB Control No. 2126-0015. This is necessary to provide motor carriers, property brokers, and freight forwarders a means to designate process agents, as required by law.

## Effects PRIA read

- File Form BOC-3 When Registering: cost, low. 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…
- Per‑State Process Agent Requirement: cost, low. 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…
- ICR Renewal with No New Fees: benefit, low. 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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## Sources
- [2026-06279 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/01/2026-06279/agency-information-collection-activities-renewal-of-an-approved-information-collection-request)
- [2026-06279 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-01/pdf/2026-06279.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-06279 (as of 2026-06-08).