Choose the work you need
Buy the missing work.
Not another stack of forms.
Starting from zero, holding a pending MC application, or preparing several trucks? Match the help to your actual remaining tasks before paying for a package.
Day One Authority is a private service, not FMCSA, a law firm, or an insurance agency. Agency review, insurance acceptance, owner identity verification, and compliant operation remain outside a service provider's control.
Choose a service scope
The prices below are one-time service fees—not the total cost of starting or operating a trucking company.
Authority Only
$599one-time service fee
For owners who need the business and federal filing handoff, with the operating stack organized separately.
Review scope and exclusionsLaunch Kit 30
$1,899one-time service fee
For owners who need the first-month filing, insurance, safety-document, and vendor handoffs connected.
Review scope and exclusionsFleet Launch
$3,499one-time service fee
For multi-truck launches that need a coordinated scope across vehicles, drivers, documents, and vendors.
Review scope and exclusionsGovernment charges, insurance premiums, equipment, taxes, and third-party contracts are separate. Confirm the existing records, applicable tasks, support window, and cancellation terms before purchasing.
See the trucking authority service overviewStart with your buying decision
Each path connects the relevant research to a scoped service or vendor decision. State and equipment guides remain the source of their own operating context.
Choose filing help
Do you need an application handoff or help coordinating the whole launch?
- USDOT and MC filing help
Review Authority Only, owner-only steps, and excluded costs.
- Filing-only or full launch support?
Match the package to the work that is still unowned.
- Compare package scope and prices
See service fees separately from agency and vendor charges.
Avoid buying duplicate work
Already have an LLC, EIN, or MC docket? Verify what exists before paying again.
- Existing application or a new filing?
Inventory the docket and pending handoffs before choosing a scope.
- What your LLC does—and does not—cover
Separate entity formation from operating permission.
- Check the filing-service scope
Confirm what assistance is applicable to your remaining work.
Price the launch, not just the form
Which costs are service fees, which are agency charges, and what cash remains after launch?
- Federal authority fee versus service fee
Keep the application charge outside paid assistance pricing.
- Self-file or hire help?
Compare the work, responsibility, and incremental service cost.
- Review the paid launch options
Choose a scope only after budgeting insurance and operating costs.
Resolve the activation handoff
A docket or insurance policy is not the same as active operating authority.
- Identify the remaining activation gates
Trace application, process-agent, and insurer dependencies.
- Check launch readiness
Use your actual operating facts to identify the next decision.
- Review coordinated launch support
Understand the handoffs without assuming faster agency approval.
Match the purchase to the operation
Your base jurisdiction, cargo, equipment, and routes decide the relevant work.
- Find your home-state requirements
Use official entity, tax, and motor-carrier agency paths.
- Check the equipment and operating model
Do not buy a standard filing path before resolving applicability.
- Review the city operating context
Add local questions without replacing the state authority guide.
Buy the operating stack deliberately
Compare terms and workflows before signing the contracts that follow authority.
- Choose vendors by operating need
Review fit, contract questions, and current vendor sources.
- Evaluate factoring terms
Compare recourse, fees, reserves, and exit obligations.
- Connect vendor choices to the launch
Review the coordination scope; vendor contracts and charges remain separate.
Not sure which scope fits?
Use the free authority planner to organize your operating facts and remaining tasks. It does not file an application or guarantee activation.
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