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Regulatory Guidance

Welcome to the FMCSA Guidance Portal. This web portal is a searchable, indexed database that contains and links to all guidance documents in effect from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, unless expressly authorized by statute or incorporated into a contract.

To comment on any guidance document, or to request issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of any guidance document, please identify the guidance document in your request and send it to: FMCSAguidance@dot.gov. NOTE: The FMCSAguidance mailbox is not intended to serve as a mailbox for general inquiries. For inquiries that go beyond the limited purpose of the FMCSAguidance mailbox, please call FMCSA's Information Line (800-832-5660) or visit FMCSA's "Contact Us" page to send your inquiry to the appropriate mailbox.

Subject Agency Identifier Topic Issued Date
Is the use of a printed or stamped signature on the Form MCS-90 endorsement acceptable? FMCSA-INS-387.15-Q003 Printed or Stamped Signature on MCS-90
Must a motor carrier obtain a new Form MCS-90 each year if it retains the same insurance company? FMCSA-INS-387.15-Q004 Need for new MCS-90 if carrier retains insurance company
Question 3: May a driver or other motor carrier employee be qualified as a brake inspector under § 396.25 by way of experience or training to perform brake adjustments without being qualified to perform other brake-related tasks such as the repair or repl FMCSA-VM-396.25-Q03.cm May a driver be qualified to perform brake adjustments, but not other tasks?
Is a nonprofit corporation, providing for-hire interstate transportation of passengers, subject to the minimum levels of financial responsibility for motor carriers of passengers? FMCSA-INS-387.27-Q001 Applicability of financial responsibility requirements to nonprofit corporation providing for-hire interstate transportation of passengers
Is this “mandatory information” that required of a normal RODS under section 395.8(d) or that of the 100 air-mile radius exemption under section 395.1(e)(5)? FMCSA-HOS-395.8-Q19 Hours of Service Records of Duty Status
Are luxury limousines with a seating capacity of fewer than seven passengers and not operated on a regular route or between specified points exempted under §387.27(b)(2)? FMCSA-INS-387.27-Q003 Financial Responsibility Requirements for certain luxury limousine service
When must a contract school bus operator comply with part 387? FMCSA-INS-387.27-Q004 Contract school bus operator compliance with Part 387 Subpart B
Question 4: Would a mechanic who is employed by a leasing company and only works on CMVs that the leasing company leases to other motor carriers be required to meet the brake inspector certification requirements? FMCSA-VM-396.25-Q04.cm Must a leasing company mechanic meet the brake inspector requirements?
Does the exemption for the transportation of school children end at the high school level or does it extend to educational institutions beyond high school, for example junior college or college? FMCSA-INS-387.27-Q005 Extension of school transportation exemption beyond high school
What is the carrier’s liability when its drivers falsify records of duty status? FMCSA-HOS-395.8-Q21 liability for false records