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Company CheckPAA LLC · DOT 3360967

DBA: PLAZA AUTO AUCTION

320 BUSINESS HWY 30 SW, MT VERNON, IA, 52314

DOT# 3360967 MC# 231151 Mt Vernon, Iowa 35 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Aug 26, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Aug 26, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Mar 4, 2025
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Dec 10, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

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Physical Address320 BUSINESS HWY 30 SW, MT VERNON, IA, 52314

Mailing Address320 BUSINESS HWY 30 SW, MOUNT VERNON, IA, 52314

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC231151

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating35 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 1.4 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 19.6 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage15,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type34

Effective11/12/2020

CompanyCONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.

Policy #4486906BSIG

Last checked07/25/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage15,000 mi

Operating35 years

MCS-15005/2024

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

3 · 3 OOS -

2025

2 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2025, 3 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (66.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

13 roadside violations across 3 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 12 violations · 2 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (5)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/26/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	45 - HWY 218 NB MM 29 PILOT GR	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
03/04/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 151 NB/LANGWORTHY RD	5	0	1	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-35 194 MM SB	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
07/15/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	9	2	2	1	7	1	-	▲Detail
03/08/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections4

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	4486906BSIG	$1,000,000	11/12/2020	11/12/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60520554	$750,000	11/12/2019	03/24/2020	Transferred
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60520554	$750,000	11/12/2019	11/12/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60520554	$1,000,000	11/12/2019	11/12/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARLEYSVILLE PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY	BA00000036826F	$750,000	11/09/2010	06/09/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ADDISON INSURANCE COMPANY	60354341	$1,000,000	11/09/2006	11/10/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60020135	$1,000,000	10/01/1989	07/17/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60020135	$1,000,000	10/01/1989	06/09/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60517549	$750,000	07/06/2019	11/12/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY	ACP GPA 3006691966	$750,000	07/06/2014	07/06/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	ACP BA 3006691966	$750,000	07/06/2014	07/06/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CG00091310	$1,000,000	07/06/2013	07/06/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CG00091253	$1,000,000	07/06/2012	07/06/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CG00091192	$1,000,000	07/06/2011	07/08/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CG00091192	$1,000,000	07/06/2011	07/06/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ADDISON INSURANCE COMPANY	60311018	$1,000,000	06/23/2004	11/09/2006	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ADDISON INSURANCE COMPANY	60311018	$1,000,000	06/23/2004	12/15/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CG00091192	$1,000,000	06/09/2011	07/09/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CG00091192	$1,000,000	06/09/2011	07/06/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60311018	$1,000,000	06/09/2003	06/23/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60311018	$1,000,000	06/09/2003	08/30/2003	Transferred

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC231151	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/30/2020	-	-
MC231151	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/24/2010	TRANSFER CONSUMMATED	03/26/2020
MC231151	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/20/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/21/2006
MC231151	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/15/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2005
MC231151	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	10/19/1990	TRANSFERRED	08/06/2003
MC231151	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/26/2003	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/14/2003
MC231151	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/06/2003	REVOKED	11/16/2010
MC231151	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/13/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/01/2011
MC231151	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/11/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/03/2012
MC231151	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/10/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/27/2013
MC231151	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/09/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/08/2014
MC231151	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/12/2020	REVOKED	11/18/2020

No revocation records.

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90/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Quick Facts

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (5)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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