---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 385.301T"
title: "49"
number: "385.301T"
heading: "Requirements before beginning interstate operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/385.301T"
---

# §385.301T. Requirements before beginning interstate operations.

- (a) Before a motor carrier of property or passengers begins interstate operations, it must register with the FMCSA and receive a USDOT number. In addition, for-hire motor carriers must obtain operating authority from FMCSA following the registration procedures described in [49 CFR part 365](/cfr/49/part365.md), unless providing transportation exempt from [49 CFR part 365](/cfr/49/part365.md) registration requirements.
- (b) This subpart applies to motor carriers domiciled in the United States and Canada.
- (c) A Mexico-domiciled motor carrier of property or passengers must register with the FMCSA by following the registration procedures described in 49 CFR part [365](/cfr/49/part365.md) or [368](/cfr/49/part368.md), as appropriate. The regulations in this subpart do not apply to Mexico-domiciled carriers.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 5304, Jan. 17, 2017]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 31983, May 13, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 521(b), 5105(d), 5109, 5113, 13901-13905, 13908, 31135, 31136, 31144, 31148, 31151, 31502; sec. 113(a), Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676; sec. 408, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 958; sec. 350, Pub. L. 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, 864; sec. 5205, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1537; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 50968, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 5304, Jan. 17, 2017]