October
2013 all companies that had or require a DOT number were notified that biennial
updates had to be current by December 1, 2013 or risk having their DOT number
deactivated.
Effective March 1, 2014 any carrier that is not current with the
MCS-150 biennial update will be deactivated. This will include any
company with a DOT number that was outdated at the end of 2013 and any company
that had a biennial update due in January 2014 and it has not be done. At that
point the biennial update process will go on a rolling schedule; February
updates-deactivated April 1, March updates-deactivated May 1 and so forth.
To do the biennial update electronically, you must have your DOT Pin
number. Updates can be mailed however the turnaround time on the updates 3 to 4
weeks are. By 2015 electronic biennial updating will be mandatory. You can
order your pin online www.safer.fmcsa.dot.gov or by calling
1-800-832-56601-800-832-5660.
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