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Household Goods

Household goods carriers must obtain operating authority from MoDOT Motor Carrier Services before operating in or between Missouri municipalities and/or in commercial zones.

Household goods carriers must also file applications to reflect increases and decreases in operational costs.

Consumer Information
 
Forms

Gaining operating authority in Missouri includes an application process. The Application to Operate Intrastate (MO-1 Form) guides you through the process.  It prompts you to:

  • Provide proof of insurance
  • Pay $10 per vehicle
  • Demonstrate satisfactory safety fitness
  • Report whether you intend to carry hazardous materials. 
  • Declare your intent to operate wholly within Missouri commercial zones
  • Provide a list of your vehicles’ type, model year, make, reasonable value and ownership status
  • Provide proof of financial fitness and three statements of support from people or businesses that require your services
 
Household Goods & Regulations

Rule or

Regulation

Description
387.030

Motor carrier shall furnish safe and adequate service – unreasonable charges prohibited.

387.040 Transportation prohibited until schedule of rates and fares is filed and published
387.050 Rates and fare, filing and publication
387.060 Motor carriers to furnish correct rates on written requires – penalty and damages for failure
387.070 Changes in schedule-notice required
387.080 Concurrent in joint tariffs – contracts, agreements or arrangements between any carriers
387.100 Rates to be charged as fixed unjust discrimination prohibited
387.110 Preference to locality or particular traffic, prohibited – carriers of household goods, territorial rate areas, prohibited
387.120 Free passes and reduced rates prohibited except to certain persons
387.130

Granting or attempting to grant reduced rated prohibited

387.150

Continuous carriage

387.180

Liability for damage to property in transit

390.051

Certificate required for common carriers to do business – application, content-hearing-factors considered-issued when

390.061

Contract carriers to have permit –application, contents-hearing, issuance-contract rates

390.062

Procedure for obtaining certificate, permits and rate relief-motion to intervene, when, content-ruling final, when-time extension

390.081

Temporary permit, issued when

390.101

Common carrier may discontinue service, when

390.106

Certificate or permit may be revoked, altered or amended, when

390.111

Certificate or permit transferred to purchaser, assignee or consolidated company, when

390.136

Motor carriers, license required- annual, issued when-emergency or temporary license for seventy-two hours-fees-out-of-state agreements, effect-violation, penalty

390.150

Financial statement for intrastate common or contract carriers of household goods or passengers filed when, content-form-failure to comply, penalty deposit in school fund-motor carriers failure to maintain records, effect

622.600.1(2)

Definition of Household Goods

7 CSR 10-25.040

Notice to be Given to Consumers by Household Goods Carriers—Timing of Delivery, Form and Contents

7 CSR 265-10

Motor Carrier Operations (Entire Chapter)

4 CSR 265-12.020

Uniform System of Accounts for Class B Motor Carriers of Household Goods and Passengers


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