---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 368.3T"
title: "49"
number: "368.3T"
heading: "Applying for a certificate of registration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/368.3T"
---

# §368.3T. Applying for a certificate of registration.

- (a) If you wish to obtain a certificate of registration under this part, you must submit an application that includes the following:
  - (1) **Form OP-2—** Application for Mexican Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers Under [49 U.S.C. 13902](/usc/49/13902.md);
  - (2) **Form MCS-150—** Motor Carrier Identification Report; and
  - (3) A notification of the means used to designate process agents, either by submission in the application package of Form BOC-3—Designation of Agents—Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders or a letter stating that the applicant will use a process agent service that will submit the Form BOC-3 electronically.
- (b) The FMCSA will only process your application for a Certificate of Registration if it meets the following conditions:
  - (1) The application must be completed in English;
  - (2) The information supplied must be accurate and complete in accordance with the instructions to the Form OP-2, Form MCS-150 and Form BOC-3;
  - (3) The application must include all the required supporting documents and applicable certifications set forth in the instructions to the Form OP-2, Form MCS-150 and Form BOC-3;
  - (4) The application must include the filing fee payable to the FMCSA in the amount set forth in [49 CFR 360.3T(f)(1)](/cfr/49/360.3T.md?p=f-1); and
  - (5) The application must be signed by the applicant.
- (c) If you fail to furnish the complete application as described under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section your application may be rejected.
- (d) If you submit false information under this section, you will be subject to applicable Federal penalties.
- (e) You must submit the application to the address provided in the instructions to the Form OP-2.
- (f) You may obtain the application described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section from any FMCSA Division Office or download it from the FMCSA website at: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/factsfigs/formspubs.htm.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 5303, Jan. 17, 2017, as amended at 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13301, 13902, 13908; Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 12660, Mar. 19, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 5303, Jan. 17, 2017, as amended at 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023]