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JTL EXPRESS INC

JTL EXPRESS INC is a mid-sized fleet, operating 11 power units and 13 drivers, based in Elmhurst, IL. Across 17 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet's 17.6% out-of-service rate sits near the 19.4% national average, with no reportable crashes on file. BMC-91 liability filing is on file with Berkley Casualty Company, and operating authority is active for motor carrier of property (except household goods) and common.

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution
Policy effective · Dec 29, 2025
Review these
  • No FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83) on file Household-goods movers generally need BMC-34 cargo on file with FMCSA. Soft signal only — confirm on L&I before tendering HHG freight.
  • OOS rate worse than size peers Vehicle 28.6% vs peer 10.0% Details →
On file
  • 2 active operating authorities
  • Insurance on file · $750,000 BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY · 91X Details →
  • BOC-3 process agent on file # 1 Ace Licensing & Permit Services LLC Details →
Built for brokers and shippers deciding whether to tender. Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before booking — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
Plain-text risk summary (print / paste) 
TruckCodex risk summary — JTL EXPRESS INC (USDOT 3516256)
Verdict: CAUTION
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Authority / census status: Active
Active BIPD limit: $750,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • No FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83) on file — Household-goods movers generally need BMC-34 cargo on file with FMCSA. Soft signal only — confirm on L&I before tendering HHG freight.
  • OOS rate worse than size peers — Vehicle 28.6% vs peer 10.0%

On file:
  • 2 active operating authorities
  • Insurance on file · $750,000 — BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — # 1 Ace Licensing & Permit Services LLC

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/3516256/
As of: Sep 16, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
USDOT 3516256 Active AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Company officer: LANA MALKOC Company officer 2: DANILO JANJIC General Freight Based in ELMHURST, IL

FMCSA census as of Sep 16, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 4/5 scored components (mean 85/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 80% · 4/5 signals · expand
Authority / census
Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD
BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers
Mixed vs peers · 40/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 28.6% vs peer median 10% (worse). n=93299 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating
Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier
Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.

Fleet size changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓
  • Power Units +7 (4 → 11) · May 25, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
  • Drivers +9 (4 → 13) · May 25, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
Operating authority
Insurance

2 active liability filings

BOC-3 agent

# 1 Ace Licensing & Permit Services LLC

Company profile

Company details
USDOT 3516256
In FMCSA records since Nov 4, 2020 (~5y)
MC / docket MC925699
Company officer LANA MALKOC
Company officer 2 DANILO JANJIC
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Cargo carried
General Freight
Fleet size 11 units
Drivers 13
Annual mileage 474,126 mi
Contact & address
Phone: (773) 818-0669
Email: [email protected]
Physical
188 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE SUITE 418
ELMHURST, IL 60126
Mailing
414 E WASHINGTON STREET
BENSENVILLE, IL 60106
Registration & safety rating
USDOT 3516256
In FMCSA records since Nov 4, 2020 (~5y)
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Annual mileage (MCS-150) 474,126 mi
vs. National Average
Vehicle OOS Rate 28.6% vs 23.4% +5.2 pts
Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts
Violations per Inspection 0.71 vs 1.80 -1.09
Peer tier (mid-sized fleets (11-100 power units)) median OOS rate: 27.5%
Active liability insurance
FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

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.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Broker setup by MC age
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Based on FMCSA authority grant of 2015-08-18 (2,000+ days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type Owned Term leased Trip leased
Truck tractors 11 0 0
Trailers 11 0 0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Inspections (24 months)

All 20 inspections →
Driver Vehicle Hazmat
Inspections 17 17 0
OOS inspections 0 3 0
OOS percentage 0% 17.65% —
National average 6.7% 23.4% 4.4%

Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).

Power Units
11
Drivers
13
Inspections
20
FMCSA roadside history on file
OOS Rate (peak)
28.6%
driver or vehicle, whichever higher
Crashes (24m)
0
Authorities
2
2 active
Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

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.

Risk intelligence

JTL EXPRESS INC had 17 roadside inspections over the past 24 months with an out-of-service rate of 17.6%, which is in line with the national average of 19.4%. Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is vehicle_maint at 5.0.

Inspection profile

17 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, concentrated in MO (3) and IL (3).

Violation profile

17.6% out-of-service rate, near the 19.4% national average; led by Vehicle Maintenance (28.6% of violations); top code 392.2 (Violation of Local Laws) cited 2 times.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 4 power units (small fleet) and 4 drivers; Volvo, Stoughton, and Great Dane are the most-inspected makes.

Risk Signals

High OOS rate
Peak OOS rate of 28.6% is well above FMCSA MCSAP national averages (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%).

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 93,299 ACTIVE carriers operating 5–17 power units (±50% of this carrier's 11 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS
0%
Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
0%
Median across 93,299 same-size peers
Verdict
On par with peers
Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)
This carrier — Vehicle OOS
28.6%
Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
10%
Median across 93,299 same-size peers
Verdict
Riskier than peers
Delta +18.6 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Fleet History

Field change history →

Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 2 tracked changes on record. · 1 driver-count change

Record Changes

  1. As-of snapshot →
    • Drivers 4 13
      FMCSA Company Census
    • Power Units 4 11
      FMCSA Company Census

Power Units Over Time

May 25, 2026 May 25, 2026

Bar height reflects reported power-unit count after each FMCSA filing update.

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (12 months)

2024-11 2026-04

Violations by BASIC Category

Federal BASIC buckets for every citation issued against this carrier over the past 24 months.
Vehicle Maintenance
7 violations
2 OOS · 28.6%
Unsafe Driving
5 violations

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.
State Inspections OOS OOS % Last Inspection
Missouri (MO) 3 1 33.3% Apr 14, 2026
Illinois (IL) 3 0 0.0% May 16, 2025
Tennessee (TN) 2 1 50.0% Jul 25, 2025
North Carolina (NC) 2 0 0.0% Jan 20, 2026
New York (NY) 1 1 100.0% Aug 4, 2025
Pennsylvania (PA) 1 0 0.0% May 14, 2025
Arkansas (AR) 1 0 0.0% May 25, 2025
Wyoming (WY) 1 0 0.0% Apr 30, 2026
Iowa (IA) 1 0 0.0% Nov 14, 2024
Maryland (MD) 1 0 0.0% Feb 3, 2025
Mississippi (MS) 1 0 0.0% Jun 23, 2025
Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections
Make Model Inspections
Volvo 12
Great Dane 6
Stoughton 5
Freightliner 4
Great 3
International 1
SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores
BASIC Inspections Serious Measure Percentile Alert As Of
Driver Fitness 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 14, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 14, 2026
Hours of Service 0 — 0.00 0 — Sep 14, 2026
Unsafe Driving 1 — 0.57 1 — Sep 14, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance 3 — 5.09 5 — Sep 14, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections (20 rows) View all 20 →
Inspection # Date ▼ State Level Station Vehicle Violations Top Codes OOS
87735464 Apr 30, 2026 WY 3 WY
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR
GA C7963B · 3HSDJAPR0FN509330
0 — No
87583542 Apr 14, 2026 MO 1 JOPLIN MO
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1057687 · 1FUJGLDR8CSBT7315
1 9A-LSLIWR Yes
87309995 Mar 16, 2026 MO 3 STEELE MO
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1326142 · 4V4NC9EH9DN148077
1 392.2-SLLEWA2 No
86838376 Jan 20, 2026 NC 3 —
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1326142 · 4V4NC9EH9DN148077
0 — No
85758989 Sep 10, 2025 MO 1 FENTON MO
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1296752 · 4V4NC9EH4HN964474
0 — No
85453558 Aug 4, 2025 NY 2 VERONA NY
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1123336 · 4V4ND4RH8YN253225
8 393.75A3-TAOL, 393.45B2-B-AIR, 392.2-SLLSR Yes
85330879 Jul 25, 2025 TN 2 MOHAWK TN
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1123336 · 4V4ND4RH8YN253225
1 393.75A3-TAOL Yes
85029264 Jun 23, 2025 MS 2 DE SOTO COUNTY
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1296752 · 4V4NC9EH4HN964474
0 — No
84818601 May 25, 2025 AR 2 ALMA AR
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1088571 · 1FUJGLDR0HLHW0512
0 — No
84756194 May 16, 2025 IL 3 il-u.s.-34-at-1650e
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1296752 · 4V4NC9EH4HN964474
0 — No
84686004 May 14, 2025 PA 3 I-76 READING INTERCHANGE
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1296752 · 4V4NC9EH4HN964474
1 392.2-SLLTL No
84079286 Mar 7, 2025 NC 2 nc-hillsborough-weigh-station,-i-
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1246190 · 4V4NC9EH4HN964474
0 — No
83990632 Feb 26, 2025 TN 1 MOHAWK TN
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1246190 · 4V4NC9EH4HN964474
0 — No
83775136 Feb 3, 2025 MD 3 I-70 NEW MARKET SCALE HOUSE
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1267603 · 1FUJA3CG21PA99081
0 — No
83757309 Jan 31, 2025 IL 3 il-033---williamsville---i-55-s/b
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1134299 · 4V4NC9EH3FN919149
0 — No
83707580 Jan 26, 2025 IL 3 il-242---interstate-55
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1134299 · 4V4NC9EH3FN919149
0 — No
83252792 Nov 14, 2024 IA 3 ia-hwy-218/27,-salem,iowa
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1057686 · 1FUJGLDR8CSBT7315
1 392.2-SLLS2 No
79684105 Sep 14, 2023 MI 3 mi-wb-i-94-&-23-mm
WESTERN STAR TRUCK TRACTOR
IL P1134299 · 5KJNAECK27PX09367
1 392.2 No
79289970 Jul 28, 2023 VA 3 BLAND SCALES SOUTH
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
NJ AW375L · 4V4ND1RH8YN242160
0 — No
79175818 Jul 17, 2023 PA 2 —
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
NJ AW375L · 4V4ND1RH8YN242160
3 393.11, 392.2, 393.45(b)(2) No
Authority Records (2 dockets)
Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
MC925699
Active
Granted Aug 18, 2015
View full authority record →
common
MC925699
Active
—
View full authority record →
MC Certificate Documents (2 letters, 1 PDF available)

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.

Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.

Some letters share the same legacy archived file path — we show one PDF link for the primary document and list the other actions as metadata (type + date) until per-letter PDFs are re-extracted.

Date Docket Action Authority PDF
Jan 4, 2021 MC925699-C Original MC Certificate Revocation Original MC Certificate →
Nov 27, 2020 MC925699 Name Change Reinstatement Metadata only
Insurance Coverage Timeline (5 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer Policy # Type Limit Effective Cancel Status
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY 7903035 91X $750,000 Dec 29, 2025 On file ACTIVE
Berkley Casualty Company 7903035 BMC-91X — Dec 29, 2025 On file ACTIVE
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. MCP93238A BIPD/Primary — Dec 29, 2022 Dec 29, 2025 REPLACED
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY CA945119719 BIPD/Primary — Apr 19, 2022 Dec 29, 2022 REPLACED
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY CA 945119719 BIPD/Primary — Dec 29, 2020 Apr 19, 2022 REPLACED
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
  1. Dec 29, 2025
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
  2. Dec 29, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
  3. Apr 19, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
  4. Jan 4, 2021
    authority
    GRANTED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
    Details →
  5. Aug 18, 2015
    authority
    DISMISSED — MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER
    Details →
  6. Aug 18, 2015
    authority
    Active — Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
    Details →
Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station State Inspections OOS
MOHAWK TN TN 2 1
ALMA AR AR 1 0
I-70 NEW MARKET SCALE HOUSE MD 1 0
FENTON MO MO 1 0
JOPLIN MO MO 1 1
STEELE MO MO 1 0
DE SOTO COUNTY MS 1 0
VERONA NY NY 1 1
I-76 READING INTERCHANGE PA 1 0
BLAND SCALES SOUTH VA 1 0

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code Description Category Cited OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws Unsafe Driving 2 0
393.11 No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required Vehicle Maintenance 1 0
393.45(b)(2) Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking Vehicle Maintenance 1 0

Related Records

Illinois carriers Elmhurst carriers BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. 20 inspections
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