HILLCREST CONNECT SOLUTIONS INC
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.
- Property Broker gap · 612 days Inactive May 28, 2024 → reinstated Jan 30, 2026
Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)
TruckCodex risk summary — HILLCREST CONNECT SOLUTIONS INC (USDOT 4073915) 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 Blockers: (none) Cautions: • Property Broker gap · 612 days — Inactive May 28, 2024 → reinstated Jan 30, 2026 On file: • Broker bond/trust on file · BMC-84 surety bond — MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC · BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust — not BIPD liability insurance • Active insurance on file — MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC · 84 • BOC-3 process agent on file — #1 A BOC-3 FILING INC Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/4073915/ As of: Sep 1, 2026 Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard
TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A
Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 90/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.
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confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand
TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A
Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 90/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. 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.
Active insurance rows exist, but BIPD/Primary match is unclear — verify on L&I.
Peer OOS benchmark unavailable (missing power units, OOS rates, or fewer than 5 same-size peers).
NR reason: getCarrierPeerSafety returned null.
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 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.
Broker bond / trust on file
1 financial-security filing
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.
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.
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InsuranceMERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INCPolicy effective Jan 29, 2026
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Process Agent#1 A BOC-3 FILING INCBOC-3 on file
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 Signals
Authority gap detected (1)
- Property Broker authority was inactive from May 28, 2024 to Jan 30, 2026 (612 days)
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.
Authority Records (1 docket)
Revocations & Inactive Status
Authority actions other than active status — revocations, voluntary surrenders, and dormant dockets.
| Date | Docket | Authority | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | MC1548313 | common | N | — |
MC Certificate Documents (2 letters, 2 PDFs)
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 | |
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| Jan 30, 2026 | MC1548313-B | Reinstatement Letter | Reinstatement | Reinstatement Letter → |
| May 26, 2023 | MC1548313-B | 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 |
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| MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC | 101753683 | 84 | — | Jan 29, 2026 | On file | ACTIVE |
| UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. | 615121135 | SURETY | — | May 18, 2023 | May 18, 2024 | CANCELLED |
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
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Jan 30, 2026
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May 28, 2024
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May 28, 2024authorityAuthority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
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May 28, 2024authority gapProperty Broker authority inactive: 612 days (through Jan 30, 2026)
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May 18, 2024insuranceCANCEL — UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.
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Docket MC1548313
common · N · MC
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MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC
84 policy on file
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UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.
SURETY policy on file
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