---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 385.305T"
title: "49"
number: "385.305T"
heading: "Completing the registration process."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/385.305T"
---

# §385.305T. Completing the registration process.

- (a) The requester for new entrant registration will be directed to the FMCSA Internet website (www.fmcsa.dot.gov) to secure and/or complete the application package online.
- (b) The application package will contain the following:
  - (1) Educational and technical assistance material regarding the requirements of the FMCSRs and HMRs, if applicable.
  - (2) **The Form MCS-150, The Motor Carrier Identification Report.**
  - (3) **Application forms to obtain operating authority under 49 CFR part 365, as appropriate.**
- (c) Upon completion of the application forms, the new entrant will be issued a USDOT number.
- (d) For-hire motor carriers, unless providing transportation exempt from [49 CFR part 365](/cfr/49/part365.md) registration requirements, must also comply with the procedures established in [49 CFR part 365](/cfr/49/part365.md) to obtain operating authority before operating in interstate commerce.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 5304, Jan. 17, 2017, as amended at 88 FR 80182, Nov. 17, 2023]

### 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, as amended at 88 FR 80182, Nov. 17, 2023]