---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 385.603"
title: "49"
number: "385.603"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/385.603"
---

# §385.603. Application.

- (a) Each applicant applying under this subpart must submit an application that consists of:
  - (1) Form MCSA-1, the URS online application; and
  - (2) 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 process an application only if it meets the following conditions:
  - (1) The application must be completed in English.
  - (2) The information supplied must be accurate, complete, and include all required supporting documents and applicable certifications in accordance with the instructions to Form MCSA-1 and Form BOC-3.
  - (3) The application must include the filing fee payable to the FMCSA in the amount set forth at [49 CFR 360.3(f)(1)](/cfr/49/360.3.md?p=f-1).
  - (4) The application must be signed by the applicant.
- (c) An applicant must electronically file Form MCSA-1.
- (d) Form MCSA-1 is the URS online application and is available, including complete instructions, at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/urs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 63708, Oct. 21, 2015]

### Source

Source: 73 FR 76491, Dec. 16, 2008, 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

[80 FR 63708, Oct. 21, 2015]