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FAQ

US moving FAQ: FMCSA rules, the 110% rule, USDOT

Short answers from the desks we opened. Interstate jobs sit under FMCSA. Local jobs often sit under a state household-goods permit. A $499 ad is not an estimate.

Haulest data team · Desk opened official pages 17 September 2026. Editorial.

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Where to take a complaint

  1. Booklet

    Interstate movers must give Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move. We link it. We do not rehost it as ours.

    Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move (PDF)

  2. Lookup

    SAFER company snapshot. Registered is not the same as authorized to haul household goods.

    FMCSA SAFER company snapshot

  3. Complain

    Protect Your Move. Photograph the inventory first. Then the phone.

    FMCSA Protect Your Move

Ask out loud

One question, one answer

Is Haulest a mover?
No. We are a research desk and a quote line. We do not operate trucks.
What is the 110% rule?
On a US interstate COD non-binding estimate, 49 CFR 375.407 says they must hand over the shipment if you pay up to 110% plus agreed extras. It is not a cap on the whole job: you can still be billed the rest later. Read Protect Your Move before the truck is loaded.
Do I need a USDOT for a same-city job?
Interstate household goods need FMCSA. Many same-state jobs need a state HHG number instead. Check both if the truck might cross a line.
Can they hold the load for more money?
On a qualifying interstate non-binding COD job, refusal after you offer 110% is a reasonable-dispatch failure. Photograph, write, complain through Protect Your Move.
Where do I look up a mover?
SAFER for the USDOT. Our lookup hits the official census when it is up. Registered is not the same as authorized for household goods: check that the authority covers household goods.
Do you publish ranked US movers?
No. We will not invent a 5-star strip. Dump stars sit on a mover card only.

Sources

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