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Test your knowledge regarding for-hire authority

What is for-hire authority? Take this quiz to test your knowledge. Click to see answers below.

  1. Which is the correct definition of “for-hire authority?”
    1. An entity or person which transports exempt (unregulated) property owned by others for compensation.
    2. A carrier that transports its own cargo, usually as a part of a business that produces, uses, sells and/or buys the cargo that is being hauled.
    3. A carrier that transports passengers, regulated property or household goods owned by others for compensation.
    4. A carrier who is required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to complete form 2290, “Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return.”
  2. For-hire carriers are required to:
    1. Have for-hire authority designated by a motor carrier (MC) number.
    2. Designate process agents for each state of operation.
    3. Demonstrate financial responsibility by having an MCS-90 on file.
    4. All the above.
  3. A property carrying for-hire carrier operating commercial motor vehicles as defined by 49 CFR 390.5 is required to have the following minimum level of financial responsibility:
    1. As long as the driver can show an insurance card at a roadside inspection there is no minimum required by the regulations.
    2. $300,000
    3. $750,000
    4. $1,000,000

Test your knowledge regarding for-hire authority: Answers

  1. c. A carrier that transports passengers, regulated property or household goods owned by others for compensation.
  2. d. All of the above.
  3. c. $750,000