- No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file — uninsured for 583 days (since Dec 13, 2024). A carrier without active primary liability coverage cannot legally operate.
AK CARRIERS INC
HANFORD, CA
Do not book — hard regulatory blocker
One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA.
- No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file Uninsured 583 days (since Dec 13, 2024).
- OOS rate worse than size peers Driver and/or vehicle out-of-service rate is above the peer median.
- BOC-3 process agent on file DOTPROCESSAGENTS.COM LLC Details →
Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)
TruckCodex risk summary — AK CARRIERS INC (USDOT 3016324) Verdict: DO NOT BOOK Do not book — hard regulatory blocker One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA. Authority / census status: Active Officer(s): KUSH PATEL (Company officer) Blockers: • No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file — Uninsured 583 days (since Dec 13, 2024). Cautions: • OOS rate worse than size peers — Driver and/or vehicle out-of-service rate is above the peer median. On file: • BOC-3 process agent on file — DOTPROCESSAGENTS.COM LLC Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/3016324/ As of: Jul 19, 2026 Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
TruckCodex · compliance grade
Compliance grade F
Hard regulatory signal on file (OOS / revoked / Not Authorized / uninsured / Unsatisfactory). Composite mean of 4/5 scored components is 60/100 — letter capped at F. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.
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confidence 80% · 4/5 signals
Compliance grade F
Hard regulatory signal on file (OOS / revoked / Not Authorized / uninsured / Unsatisfactory). Composite mean of 4/5 scored components is 60/100 — letter capped at F. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.
Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.
No active BIPD/Primary on file since Dec 13, 2024.
Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 33.3% vs peer median 0% (worse). n=281648 same-size ACTIVE peers.
FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.
NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.
No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.
TruckCodex compliance grade from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Do not book.
Recent changes
- Status INACTIVE → ACTIVE · Jul 4, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
- Status ACTIVE → INACTIVE · Jun 7, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
Uninsured since Dec 13, 2024
Company profile
No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.
FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.
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Process AgentDOTPROCESSAGENTS.COM LLCBOC-3 on file
Fleet details (MCS-150)
| Vehicle type | Owned | Term leased | Trip leased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truck tractors | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trailers | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).
Inspections (24 months)
All 20 inspections →| Driver | Vehicle | Hazmat | |
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| Inspections | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| OOS inspections | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| OOS percentage | 0% | 33.33% | — |
| National average | 6.67% | 22.26% | 4.44% |
Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).
Carrier analysis & narrative context SEO summary, status notes, AI overview, and safety profiles
AK CARRIERS INC is a motor carrier based in HANFORD, CA, registered with the FMCSA under USDOT 3016324. The carrier is currently active in FMCSA's records, and has not yet received a formal FMCSA safety rating. MCS-150 self-reporting puts the fleet at 2 power units and 3 drivers, with 20 roadside inspections on file and a peak out-of-service rate of 33.3%. Use this page to verify the carrier's authority and insurance, review its inspection and crash history, and cross-reference live data on FMCSA SAFER before booking a load or onboarding a partner.
Carrier is unrated
FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.
AK CARRIERS INC is a small fleet, operating 2 power units and 3 drivers, with 1 year on FMCSA's records, based in Hanford, CA. Across 5 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet recorded a 20.0% out-of-service rate, with no reportable crashes on file. The carrier currently has no active BIPD/Primary coverage on file, and all filed authority types (common) are currently revoked.
5 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, down 67% versus the prior 24 months, concentrated in CA (1) and LA (1), with Level 3 inspections the most common.
20.0% out-of-service rate; led by Hours of Service (50.0% of violations); top code 392.2 (Operating a CMV while ill or fatigued) cited 2 times.
The fleet comprises 2 power units (small fleet) and 3 drivers; Freightliner, Wabash National, and Great Dane are the most-inspected makes.
Risk Signals
Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service
Compared against 281,648 ACTIVE carriers operating 1–3 power units (±50% of this carrier's 2 unit fleet).
Fleet History
Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 2 tracked changes on record. · 2 status changes
Record Changes
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Status INACTIVE ACTIVEFMCSA Company Census
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Status ACTIVE INACTIVENot reflected on current profile FMCSA Company Census
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Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map
Monthly Inspection Activity (24 months)
Violations by BASIC Category
Activity by State
| State | Inspections | OOS | OOS % | Last Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (CA) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | Sep 2, 2024 |
| Louisiana (LA) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Nevada (NV) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | Oct 4, 2024 |
Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections
| Make | Model | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Freightliner | 8 | |
| CIMC | 5 | |
| Peterbilt | 4 | |
| Wabash National | 4 | |
| Unknown | 2 | |
| Great Dane | 1 |
Recent Inspections (20 rows) View all 20 →
| Inspection # | Date ▼ | State | Level | Station | Vehicle | Violations | Top Codes | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82952540 | Oct 18, 2024 | LA | 3 | LA |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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1 | 395.8E | No |
| 82848980 | Oct 4, 2024 | NV | 3 | WB |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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0 | — | No |
| 82613807 | Sep 2, 2024 | CA | 1 | MOUNTAIN PASS CVEF |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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4 | 393.45, 395.24(c)(2)(ii), 395.24(c)(2)(iii) | Yes |
| 81797868 | May 30, 2024 | TX | 2 | US 87 MP 574 |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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0 | — | No |
| 81524156 | May 5, 2024 | UT | 3 | ut-st.-george-ut |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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1 | 392.2 | No |
| 81280614 | Apr 5, 2024 | KY | 1 | LONDON |
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
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1 | 392.2 | No |
| 80932964 | Feb 20, 2024 | CA | 1 | ca-e/b-hwy-580,-livermore |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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1 | 393.205(c) | No |
| 80722877 | Jan 30, 2024 | CA | 3 | DESERT HILLS IF |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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3 | 395.24(c)(2)(iii), 395.20(b) | No |
| 80408174 | Dec 16, 2023 | NM | 3 | GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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0 | — | No |
| 80505808 | Nov 21, 2023 | NM | 2 | — |
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
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0 | — | No |
| 79574099 | Aug 30, 2023 | NM | 1 | TRES PIEDRAS WEIGHT PAD |
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
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2 | 392.9(a)(2), 396.3(a)(1) | Yes |
| 79556899 | Aug 29, 2023 | NM | 2 | TRES PIEDRAS WEIGHT PAD |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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2 | 396.17(c), 393.11 | No |
| 79556770 | Aug 29, 2023 | NM | 2 | — |
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
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1 | 392.16(a) | No |
| 79213516 | Jul 18, 2023 | CA | 3 | CACHE CREEK SCALES |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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0 | — | No |
| 79103465 | Jul 3, 2023 | CA | 1 | ca-mt.-pass-if |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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2 | 393.53(b), 393.47(e) | No |
| 79046180 | Jul 3, 2023 | NV | 3 | nv-minden/carson-valley |
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
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0 | — | No |
| 79004639 | Jun 27, 2023 | NM | 2 | RATON PORT OF ENTRY |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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0 | — | No |
| 78850128 | Jun 9, 2023 | SC | 3 | I-26 WB ROADSIDE |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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4 | 395.22(h)(4), 395.8(f)(1), 395.3(a)(3)(i) | No |
| 78771255 | May 31, 2023 | KY | 1 | KUTTAWA |
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
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1 | 392.2 | No |
| 78310211 | Apr 10, 2023 | NV | 3 | nv-osino-w/b-checksite | — | 0 | — | No |
Recent Crashes (2 rows)
| Report # | Date ▼ | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow | Hazmat | Severity |
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| CO2022001865 | Nov 19, 2022 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes | No | Injury |
| GA0006793886 | Jul 17, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | No | No | Injury |
Authority Records (1 docket)
Revocations & Inactive Status
Authority actions other than active status — revocations, voluntary surrenders, and dormant dockets.
| Date | Docket | Authority | Status | Applied |
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| Unknown | MC031901 | common | INACTIVE | — |
MC Certificate Documents (1 PDF)
Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.
Click a row to open that specific letter. Multiple letters per docket are listed separately by action type and date.
Insurance Coverage Timeline (7 rows)
Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.
| Insurer | Policy # | Type | Limit | Effective | Cancel | Status |
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| SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY | A0202692001 | BIPD/Primary | — | Sep 22, 2022 | Dec 13, 2024 | CANCELLED |
| WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY | BA2607364 | BIPD/Primary | — | Sep 22, 2021 | Sep 22, 2022 | REPLACED |
| NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY | WK291872 | BIPD/Primary | — | Sep 22, 2020 | Sep 22, 2021 | CANCELLED |
| UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY | CA 1140294 | BIPD/Primary | — | Sep 22, 2019 | Sep 22, 2020 | REPLACED |
| UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY | GWP50471 00 | BIPD/Primary | — | Jun 14, 2019 | Sep 22, 2019 | CANCELLED |
| UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY | GWP40381 00 | BIPD/Primary | — | Jun 14, 2018 | Jun 14, 2019 | CANCELLED |
| UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY | CA 6222115 | BIPD/Primary | — | Jun 14, 2017 | Jun 14, 2018 | REPLACED |
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
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Dec 23, 2024
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Dec 23, 2024authorityAuthority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
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Dec 13, 2024insuranceCANCEL — SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY
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Sep 22, 2022insuranceTERM/REPL — WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
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Sep 22, 2021
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Sep 22, 2021insuranceCANCEL — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
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Sep 22, 2020insuranceTERM/REPL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
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Sep 25, 2019
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Sep 22, 2019insuranceCANCEL — UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
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Jun 14, 2019
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Jun 14, 2019insuranceCANCEL — UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
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Jun 14, 2018insuranceTERM/REPL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for
Most-Inspected Stations
| Station | State | Inspections | OOS |
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| TRES PIEDRAS WEIGHT PAD | NM | 2 | 1 |
| CACHE CREEK SCALES | CA | 1 | 0 |
| DESERT HILLS IF | CA | 1 | 0 |
| MOUNTAIN PASS CVEF | CA | 1 | 1 |
| KUTTAWA | KY | 1 | 0 |
| LONDON | KY | 1 | 0 |
| LA | LA | 1 | 0 |
| GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY | NM | 1 | 0 |
| RATON PORT OF ENTRY | NM | 1 | 0 |
| WB | NV | 1 | 0 |
Top Violation Codes Cited
| Code | Description | Category | Cited | OOS |
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| 392.2 | Violation of Local Laws - Explain: | Unsafe Driving | 4 | 0 |
| 395.24(c)(2)(iii) | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | Hours of Service | 3 | 0 |
| 392.16(a) | Failing to use seat belt (49 CFR) | Unsafe Driving | 1 | 0 |
| 392.9(a)(2) | Failing to secure vehicle equipment | Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 1 |
| 393.11 | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 0 |
| 393.205(c) | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 0 |
| 393.45 | Brake tubing and hose adequacy | Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 1 |
| 393.47(e) | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt | Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 0 |
| 393.53(b) | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 0 |
| 395.20(b) | The ELDs display screen cannot be viewed outside of the commercial motor vehicle. | Hours of Service | 1 | 0 |
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Docket MC031901
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SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary policy on file
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WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary policy on file
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NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary policy on file
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UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
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UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary policy on file
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How to verify AK CARRIERS INC
- Verify USDOT and MC numbers match the carrier's documents. Compare the USDOT number and MC docket on this page to the numbers on the carrier's invoice, rate confirmation, or load-board listing. A mismatch between the carrier's claimed numbers and the registered legal name is the single most common red flag.
- Check active operating authority and insurance status. Confirm the Authority Records show at least one ACTIVE docket for the type of operation you're booking, and that the Active Insurance card lists a current BIPD/Primary policy. A revoked authority or uninsured carrier cannot legally operate.
- Review safety rating and SMS BASIC scores. Check the carrier's FMCSA safety rating (if any) and the SMS BASIC table. A high percentile in any BASIC category — especially Unsafe Driving, HOS, or Vehicle Maintenance — is worth investigating before tendering a load.
- Examine inspection and crash history. Open the Inspection History and Crash History subpages for the full record. Look for patterns: repeat OOS findings on the same unit, multiple crashes in a short window, or violations clustered in one BASIC category.
- Cross-reference real-time data with FMCSA SAFER. For the most current snapshot — within 24 hours of any insurer filing or authority change — click through to the FMCSA SAFER lookup. TruckCodex mirrors SAFER and L&I daily; SAFER itself reflects filings within 24 hours.
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