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Out of service? The way back depends on one line of your notice.
Every day under the order is a day the truck cannot legally run interstate for hire, and the 30-day reapplication clock for a revoked new entrant runs from the revocation date, not from the day you noticed. Find the order date and the reason line now.
Almost every order has a written way back
The regulations are built around correction and reapplication. A revoked new entrant may reapply under 49 CFR 385.329T. A carrier parked for an unpaid penalty is released the day the penalty is paid in full under 386.83. A revoked operating authority is reinstated for an $80 fee once insurance and a process agent are back on file. None of it requires a lawyer, a reinstatement package or a fee to anyone but FMCSA and your own providers.
Why the reason line decides everything
FMCSA issues out-of-service orders for different reasons, and the public record names yours. The most common one against carriers with one to six trucks in Texas this year is a new entrant registration revoked for refusal of the safety audit or no contact: the auditor could not reach you or the records were not produced, and under 49 CFR 385.337 FMCSA revokes the registration and places interstate operations out of service on the 11th day after its notice. The second is a failed safety audit with no corrective action inside the 60-day window (45 days for passenger and hazmat carriers), which revokes the registration on day 61 under 385.325(b). Others: a civil penalty unpaid 90 days past its due date (386.83), an Unsatisfactory safety rating that reached its 61st day (385.13), and an imminent hazard order, which is rare and immediate.
The paths differ because the causes differ. A revoked new entrant reapplies, with a 30-day wait, an updated MCS-150 in Motus and, if the revocation followed a failed audit, evidence that each deficiency was corrected; if it followed a refusal or no contact, a new safety audit. Either way the 18-month new entrant period starts over when the re-filed application is approved, and a for-hire carrier whose operating authority was revoked with it re-applies for authority under Part 365 as well. A carrier parked for an unpaid penalty pays it. A carrier rated Unsatisfactory requests a rating change under 385.17 with proof of corrective action.
What the filing mills sell as reinstatement is usually one of these sequences, done for a fee that hides FMCSA's own numbers: nothing to reapply for a USDOT registration, $80 to reinstate a revoked operating authority and $300 for a new operating authority application (49 CFR 360.3T). Knowing the sequence is most of the value. The rest is getting the records right so the second audit passes, because FMCSA has already met you once.
What to do, in order
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Read the order, not the rumor
Pull your SAFER Company Snapshot and the out-of-service order itself. The reason line and the order date set the path and the earliest date. If a broker told you that you were out of service, this is the record they saw; screenshot it.
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Match the reason to its path
New entrant revoked for refusal or no contact: reapply no sooner than 30 days after the revocation date with an updated MCS-150, a new 18-month period and a new safety audit (385.329T(c)). New entrant revoked after a failed audit: the same 30 days, the updated MCS-150 and evidence that each deficiency is fixed (385.329T(b)). Unpaid civil penalty: full payment lifts it (386.83). Unsatisfactory rating: a rating change request with corrective action (385.17). An intrastate order from the Texas Department of Public Safety is the state's process, not FMCSA's.
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Fix what caused it before you file anything
If the auditor could not reach you, the address, phone and email on your registration are wrong, and a reapplication carries the same problem forward. If the audit failed, each automatic-failure item (no random testing program, no pre-employment test, no driver qualification file, no periodic inspection) needs its document in hand, not a promise. FMCSA judges corrective action on evidence.
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File through Motus, in your own account
Reapplication and reinstatement run through Motus, the registration system that replaced URS on May 19, 2026. You sign in with your own Login.gov account, and nobody should ask you for that login. A revoked operating authority is reinstated for the $80 fee once insurance and a BOC-3 process agent are back on file; FMCSA says authority is typically active within about a week of a complete request. Keep every confirmation.
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Prepare for the second audit as if it were the first
A revoked new entrant restarts the 18-month monitoring period. Have the four files an auditor asks for built before the reapplication is approved, because the second audit tends to come sooner than the first, and a second revocation is much harder to come back from.
What this costs
Reapplying for a revoked USDOT registration yourself
$0
FMCSA's own fees, where they apply
$80 or $300
Out-of-service reinstatement, done for you
$995
TenFour, so the second audit is the last one
$99/mo
Cost of staying parked
every load
You can do this yourself, and some carriers should
Nothing in the path is closed to you. The 30-day wait, the updated MCS-150, the reapplication and the $80 reinstatement are all filings you can make in your own Motus account, and FMCSA's fees are the only fees that exist. Where it goes wrong is the records: a carrier that reapplies with the same gaps fails the second audit and is back here. If you have the documents and the days, do it yourself with our free guides.
Send us the order, or just your USDOT number, and we read the public record the same day: which path applies, the earliest date, what FMCSA charges, and whether it is worth doing. That costs nothing and needs no signup. If you want it done, reinstatement after an out-of-service order is a fixed price, and the membership after it is what keeps the second audit from becoming a third.
Get the free read of your recordWhen this is not your situation: If the order is an imminent hazard order, or the file involves an enforcement case, a proposed Unsatisfactory rating you intend to contest, or a crash with litigation attached, you want a transportation attorney, and we will say so instead of taking the work. We are a private company, not FMCSA or any government agency; we cannot shorten a waiting period or promise an outcome.
Related problems
- I failed my new entrant safety audit
- My insurance was cancelled with FMCSA
- My USDOT number was deactivated
Questions people ask at this point
How do I get an out-of-service order lifted?
It depends on the reason on the order. A revoked new entrant registration is reapplied for no sooner than 30 days after the revocation, through Motus, with an updated MCS-150 and either evidence of corrected deficiencies (after a failed audit) or a new safety audit (after a refusal or no contact). An order for an unpaid civil penalty lifts when FMCSA receives full payment. An Unsatisfactory rating needs a rating change request supported by corrective action.
How long do I have to wait to reapply after a new entrant revocation?
No sooner than 30 days after the date of revocation, under 49 CFR 385.329T(a). The 18-month new entrant monitoring period starts over when the re-filed application is approved.
What does FMCSA charge to reinstate?
Nothing for the USDOT registration or the MCS-150. $80 to reinstate a revoked operating authority and $300 for a new operating authority application, under 49 CFR 360.3T. Any other fee is a company charging for its time.
I never got the audit letter. Can I still be revoked for no contact?
Yes. FMCSA serves the notice to the address on your registration; if that address, phone or email is wrong, the notice goes nowhere and the revocation proceeds on the 11th day under 385.337(b). That is why the first fix is the contact information on the registration.
Does the order stop me from running intrastate in Texas?
A federal out-of-service order prohibits interstate operation. Intrastate operation is a Texas matter, and the Texas Department of Public Safety issues its own out-of-service orders; check both records rather than assuming one covers the other.
Can a company guarantee my reinstatement?
No. FMCSA decides, on the record. Anyone who guarantees an outcome, claims a faster channel or presents itself as connected to FMCSA is not telling the truth. We read the record, tell you what it allows, and prepare the filings for you to submit.
Sources
- 49 CFR 385.337: Refusal to permit a safety audit
- 49 CFR 385.329T: Reapplication after revocation
- 49 CFR 386.83: Operation prohibited for an unpaid civil penalty
- 49 CFR 385.13: Unsatisfactory-rated carriers prohibited from operating
- 49 CFR 360.3T: FMCSA filing fees
- FMCSA: How do I reinstate my operating authority?
Last reviewed September 26, 2026. TenFour is a compliance service, not a law firm, and is not affiliated with FMCSA or any government agency. Regulations and enforcement postures change, verify anything time-sensitive against the sources above before you act on it.
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