Critical regulatory warnings

No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file — uninsured for 1,365 days (since Jan 7, 2023). A carrier without active primary liability coverage cannot legally operate.

JASON HICKINGBOTTOM

DBA: HICKINGBOTTOM TRUCKING

Joins 1 authority docket, no active BIPD on L&I from FMCSA public filings. Data as of Oct 3, 2026. Booking triage is above; confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Brokers & shippers · booking check

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.

Do not book

Uninsured since · Jan 7, 2023

Blockers

Census status: Inactive FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.
No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file Uninsured 1365 days (since Jan 7, 2023).

Review these

Conditional safety rating Carrier did not meet the safety fitness standard at the last compliance review.

On file

BOC-3 process agent on file JOY B. FITZGERALD RESIDENT AGENT, INC. 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 — JASON HICKINGBOTTOM (USDOT 3544157)
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: Inactive

Blockers:
  • Census status: Inactive — FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.
  • No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file — Uninsured 1365 days (since Jan 7, 2023).

Cautions:
  • Conditional safety rating — Carrier did not meet the safety fitness standard at the last compliance review.

On file:
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — JOY B. FITZGERALD RESIDENT AGENT, INC.

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/3544157/
As of: Oct 3, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 3544157 Inactive AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE Conditional rated Company officer: JASON HICKINGBOTTOM Livestock Grain / Feed / Hay Farm Supplies Based in POCAHONTAS, IA

FMCSA census as of Oct 3, 2026 · Sources · Freshness · Methodology · Disclaimer

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · F

Hard regulatory signal on file (OOS / revoked / Not Authorized / uninsured / Unsatisfactory). Composite mean of 5/5 scored components is 50/100 — letter capped at F. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating, booking verdict, or legal advice.

F confidence 100% · 5/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Inactive · 30/100

Census status is Inactive — confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Insurance / BIPD

Uninsured · 0/100

No active BIPD/Primary on file since Jan 7, 2023.

OOS vs peers

On par with peers · 75/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). n=233445 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Conditional · 45/100

Official FMCSA Conditional 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: Do not book.

Recent changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓

Status NOT_AUTH → INACTIVE · May 25, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census

Operating authority

common 1 revoked

Insurance

Uninsured since Jan 7, 2023

BOC-3 agent

JOY B. FITZGERALD RESIDENT AGENT, INC.

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 3544157

In FMCSA records since Jan 5, 2021 (~5y)

Company officer JASON HICKINGBOTTOM

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Cargo carried

Livestock, Grain / Feed / Hay, Farm Supplies

Fleet size 1 units

Drivers 2

Annual mileage 315,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (760) 336-1805

Email: [email protected]

Physical

200 2ND AVE NE

POCAHONTAS, IA 50574

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 3544157

In FMCSA records since Jan 5, 2021 (~5y)

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 315,000 mi

Safety Rating Conditional

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 2022-02-23 (1,683 days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Process Agent
JOY B. FITZGERALD RESIDENT AGENT, INC.
BOC-3 on file

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	0	1	0
Trailers	0	2	0

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

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

None in our FMCSA import window (~3 years)

OOS Rate (peak)

—

Crashes

None in last 24 months · all-time on file

Authorities

0 active

Risk Signals

OOS order history

1 out-of-service order issued against this carrier.

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

Compared against 233,445 ACTIVE carriers operating 1–2 power units (±50% of this carrier's 1 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 233,445 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 233,445 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Fleet History

Field change history →

Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 1 tracked change on record. · 1 status change

Record Changes

May 25, 2026 As-of snapshot →
- Status NOT_AUTH INACTIVE
  FMCSA Company Census

Recent Inspections

No roadside inspections on file for this carrier in our FMCSA import window.

Public FMCSA inspection feeds cover roughly the last three years of roadside activity (not the full MCMIS archive). Older inspections — including those from before a carrier went inactive — are usually absent for every carrier, not just closed ones. Reportable crash history on this page goes further back; see crashes below or the full crash subpage.

Recent Crashes (1 row)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
MN0222990152	Oct 26, 2022	MN	0	0	Yes	No	Tow

Authority Records (1 docket)

View full authority record →

Revocations & Inactive Status

Authority actions other than active status — revocations, voluntary surrenders, and dormant dockets.

Date	Docket	Authority	Status	Applied
Unknown	MC1307326	common	INACTIVE	—

MC Certificate Documents (1 letter, 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.

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.

Date	Docket	Action	Authority	PDF
Jan 19, 2022	MC1307326-C	Original MC Certificate	Revocation	Original MC Certificate →

Insurance Coverage Timeline (2 rows)

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

Insurer	Policy #	Type	Limit	Effective	Cancel	Status
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM042626-01	BIPD/Primary	—	Mar 22, 2022	Jan 7, 2023	CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM042626-01	BIPD/Primary	—	Jan 7, 2022	Mar 22, 2022	CANCELLED

Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events

Jan 7, 2023

insurance

CANCEL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN
Dec 19, 2022

authority

OUT OF SERVICE — COMMON
Details →
Dec 19, 2022

oos

Out-of-service order — 90 day failure to pay fine
Oct 14, 2022

enforcement

Enforcement case IA-2022-1069-US1489 — $4,920
Mar 23, 2022

authority

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
Details →
Mar 22, 2022

insurance

CANCEL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN
Jan 19, 2022

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →

Related Records

Iowa carriers Pocahontas carriers BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN 1 reportable crash

All cross-references Authority, BOC-3, explainers, and more

Field change history

Field change history
History-watch change dates and as-of snapshots