Transportation Department, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FMCSA is announcing a new, online registration system, and explaining how use of this new system will satisfy current statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to the Unified Registration System (URS). The new system, called Motus, derives its name from the Latin word for "movement," "motion," or "progress" and will simplify the registration process, streamline identification, improve the user experience, and incorporate enhanced verification tools. FMCSA intends to introduce Motus in phases. Phase I was released on December 8, 2025, and allows supporting companies, which include blanket companies (Form BOC-3 filers), financial responsibility filers (such as insurance/surety companies and other financial institutions), and transportation service providers (those who assist motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, and other entities that are required to register with FMCSA) to create an account in the new registration system. In Phase II, planned for the second quarter of 2026, Motus will become available to all regulated entities. The system will satisfy the statutory mandate for a unified registration system and FMCSA will sunset the current URS used for new applications for USDOT Numbers and Operating Authority, registration components of the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) and the former Interstate Commerce Commission Licensing and Insurance system, established in 1994.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA-2024-xxxx] AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of policy regarding the use of Motus, FMCSA's new registration system. SUMMARY: FMCSA is announcing a new, online registration system, and explaining how use of this new system will satisfy current statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to the Unified Registration System (URS). The new system, called Motus, derives its name from the Latin word for “movement,” “motion,” or “progress” and will simplify the registration process, streamline identification, improve the user experience, and incorporate enhanced verification tools. FMCSA intends to introduce Motus in phases. Phase I was released on December 8, 2025, and allows supporting companies, which include blanket companies (Form BOC-3 filers), financial responsibility filers (such as insurance/surety companies and other financial institutions), and transportation service providers (those who assist motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, and other entities that are required to register with FMCSA) to create an account in the new registration system. In Phase II, planned for the second quarter of 2026, Motus will become available to all regulated entities. The system will satisfy the statutory mandate for a unified registration system and FMCSA will sunset the curren…
Citation: 91 FR 23144
