When inquiring about how to become a licensed household mover in Texas, this step by step guide on the requirements that need to be fulfilled use:

Obtain a USDOT # – www.fmcsa.dot.gov/online-registration – No fee, but have a MC or Visa ready to ensure a digital signature is on file.

Register with TxDMV – Must have USDOT # already assigned. Call 888/368-4689, option 3, option 1 to get a certificate # and PIN #.

Go to website www.txdmv.gov to create logon ID and password.

Choose “Motor Carrier Registration” Choose Online credentialing (MCCS)

To register with paper: download Form 1899 at: http://www.txdmv.gov/whatyouneed/forms/motor_carrier1.htm

Application Costs: $100 filing fee; $100 Liability Insurance Filing fee; $100 cargo Insurance filing fee; $10/$20 per truck.

Insurance – Filed by insurance company to the TxDDMV using your assigned TxDMV #
Workers Comp or Accidental Insurance Coverage.

File a maximum rate tariff with TxDMV (Join Southwest Movers www.southwestmovers.org to use a collective tariff already on file)

Print TxDMV certificate of registration.

Print out Insurance cab card (highlight applicable vehicle number and carry in the vehicle)

Advertising, including online, Carrier’s registration number and physical address; online add TxDMV toll free # 888/368-4689.

If you would like to become a household mover in the state of Kansas, you can visit the Kansas Corporation Commission, Transportation Division, and it will give you the application for the certificate of convenience and necessity (authority to transport household goods and/or passengers) and step by step instructions on how to properly complete the form.  You can call 785-271-3145 for questions related to the application along with the address of where to send it when it’s completed.

Like with many other states there are a list of fees, requirements like Articles of Incorporation and information related to the application process.  Areas like proof of insurance, attainment of a USDOT #, and the filing of tariff with the transportation division are covered as well as information regarding instructional seminars provided by the Kansas Corporation Commission.  The seminars are not only helpful with motor carrier regulations, they are mandatory for anyone applying for household authority in the state of Kansas.  To read the information and see the application its entirety read Instructions for Preparing an Application For Certificate of Intrastate Authority.

When inquiring about how to become a household mover in Illinois, there is a very helpful step by step article from the Illinois Movers and Warehouseman’s Association (IMAWA) you can read http://www.imawa.com/imawa/wannabe%20brochure.pdf.    It gives general tips like the suggestion of getting a transportation attorney who specializes in the process to specifics like the application fee, and information about  the required knowledge test from the Illinois Commerce Commission.  It gives a list of requirements (in order) with a brief explanation on the subject.  This will give any potential applicant the approximate cost and time table involved with the intrastate household mover licensing process. 

It also gives some tips like you’ll need to own or have a long term lease on at least one truck, you’ll need to secure “approved” forms like bills of lading, estimates, and a consumers information pamphlet that are available for purchase from the IMAWA.

You can visit the Illinois Commerce Commission’s website to see all the rules and regulations that apply to Illinois Household Goods Movers at  http://www.icc.illinois.gov/motorcarrier/householdgoods/.  The IMAWA is also always available for help and direction at www.imawa.com.  They can be reached by phone at 217-585-2470.