---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 365.105"
title: "49"
number: "365.105"
heading: "Starting the application process: Form MCSA-1."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/365.105"
---

# §365.105. Starting the application process: Form MCSA-1.

- (a) Each applicant must apply for operating authority by electronically filing Form MCSA-1, the URS online application, to request authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. [13902](/usc/49/13902.md), [13903](/usc/49/13903.md) or [13904](/usc/49/13904.md) to operate as a:
  - (1) Motor carrier of property or passengers,
  - (2) Broker of general commodities or household goods, or
  - (3) **Freight forwarder of general commodities or household goods.**
- (b) **Obtain forms at a FMCSA Division Office in each State or at one of the FMCSA Service Centers.** Addresses and phone numbers for the Division Offices and Service Centers can be found at: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mission/field-offices. The forms and information about filing procedures can be downloaded at: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration/registration-forms.
- (c) Form MCSA-1 is the URS online application and is available, including complete instructions, from the FMCSA website at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/urs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 63704, Oct. 21, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 68344, Oct. 4, 2016; 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553 and 559; 49 U.S.C. 13101, 13301, 13901-13906, 13908, 14708, 31133, 31138, and 31144; 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 63728, Dec. 9, 1994, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996.

### Amendments

[80 FR 63704, Oct. 21, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 68344, Oct. 4, 2016; 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023]