When starting any new business in transportation and, in the trucking industry, it is of vital importance to ascertain about all the legal requirements of the business. As a law-abiding citizen, it is your duty to adhere to the law and do everything by the book. Thus, when starting a trucking company, a freight forwarding company, or a brokerage firm, file a BOC-3 application with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
The reason for filing a BOC-3 application is, so that, a person or an office can be designated as your Service of Process Agent (SOP). An SOP is liable to receive and send documents on your behalf. An SOP can be an individual or an office, depending upon your preference. Also, failure to file the BOC-3 application can result in a legal proceeding against you by the FMCSA. This can become inconvenient. Thus, it is advisable to abide by the rules devised by the FMCSA.
For this purpose, there are two ways you can file the BOC-3 application. The first is that you file the application, electronically, yourself and designate an individual as your SOP agent. This way has its limitations. Firstly, it is required, under the rules of FMCSA, that the SOP agent should be present in each and every state the company intends to operate. As each state can have a particular individual as your SOP agent, thus you will receive information only from that particular person, and from others about the other states. Thus, you will have to sift through a plethora of messages. Secondly, you will not get the blanket designation. A blanket designation, in its basic form, is the authority to operate across the board. The board in this case is the entire country. Thus, the problem can be solved by outsourcing the BOC-3 application to a company.
Outsourcing the BOC-3 application:
When you decide to outsource the BOC-3 application process, you will get many benefits. First of all, you will get an experienced service that keeps an eye on the changing rules and regulations. Thus, when any change is occurring in the process agent or BOC-3 application process, they will inform you about it. Secondly, they file the form themselves. You don’t even have to file it yourself, just outsource it, and the service will take care of it.
One-time fee and no hidden charges:
The process service will charge you a one-time fee for their service. They will file the form, and designate themselves as your SOP agent. Thus, you will get the blanket designation and receive the reports of about your trucks from only one source.
Multiple renewals:
In the case of BOC-3 form expiration, the service will renew it, only if you wish. Thus, you don’t have to bother about the expiry of your BOC-3 form, the service will remind you about it.
Hence, hiring a process agent has never been made easy. By outsourcing this service, you will not only save your time but get a lot of other benefits as well. A+ Agents of Process, Inc. can be hired to do this on your behalf. They have excellent rates and are most reliable as well.
