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Package 1

Texas Start

To work only inside Texas: your company and your numbers to get started.

$599 $775
our fee for the whole package
You save $176
I want it!
We guide you step by step, in English or Spanish.
Includes:
  • ✓Your Texas LLC + EIN + Texas Comptroller account + Operating Agreement
  • ✓USDOT number
  • ✓TxDMV number (to haul inside Texas)
  • ✓Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse registration
  • ★Free: Compliance calendar
  • ★Free: Automatic reminders for all your deadlines
Not included: MC authority, BOC-3, UCR, IRP plates (1 truck), IFTA, Form 2290 (1 truck). If you need them, choose the Complete package or add them later.
Official government fees are paid separately: State of Texas $300 (LLC); TxDMV by number of trucks; Clearinghouse queries cost $1.25 each (FMCSA); Truck insurance is not included.

Order your package

With these details we calculate the exact total (TxDMV fees depend on your trucks). In the next step you see the summary, sign and pay online.

1. Owner

2. Your new company

This package is for working only inside Texas. If you'll cross into other states, choose the Complete package.

LLC formation details

LLC owners
Registered agent
Receives the LLC's official papers. Must have a physical Texas address.
Organizer (who signs the formation)

To get the EIN (IRS)

The IRS requires the owner's SSN or ITIN (the company's responsible party). It's stored encrypted, only our office sees it and it never goes in emails. It can be deleted once the EIN is issued.

Vehicles for the USDOT

Same as Motus: how many of each type and whether they're owned or leased. Enter 0 if none.
Owned Term leased Trip leased
Straight trucks
Truck tractors
Trailers
Trip leased = for a single trip; term leased = lease of 30 days or more.

Relationship with other transportation companies

Do you or your company have, or have had in the last 3 years, a relationship with another FMCSA-registered transportation company? For example: the same owners or partners, the same management, or a relative with a trucking company. Answering yes doesn't stop you from getting your USDOT.

Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse

The account uses Login.gov: it must be an email the owner checks.
Does the owner have a CDL and drive?
Drivers with a CDL (if any)
Testing consortium (C/TPA)
If the owner drives their own truck (owner-operator), FMCSA requires being in a random testing consortium.
Do you already have a clinic for DOT drug and alcohol tests?
Do you already have a Clearinghouse account?

3. Trucks

The VIN is on the title or the truck door. The weight is the maximum gross weight (truck + trailer + load), e.g. 80,000 lbs.

Truck 1

4. Anything else (optional)

We ask for documents (license, truck title, insurance) after payment; you can upload them in "Track my order".