49 CFR 365.105 - Starting the application process: Form MCSA-1.

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

Regulations most recently checked for updates: Aug 28, 2025

View all text of Subpart A [§ 365.101 - § 365.123]

§ 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. 13902,13903,P,or.

(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.

[80 FR 63704, Oct. 21, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 68344, Oct. 4, 2016; 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023] Effective Date Note:At 82 FR 5299, Jan. 17, 2017, § 365.105 was suspended, effective Jan. 14, 2017. At 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023, the suspension was lifted, § 365.105 was amended, and the section was again suspended indefinitely.