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J M RICHARDS INC

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Company CheckJ M RICHARDS INC · DOT 806874

3347 109TH AVENUE NORTH, MOORHEAD, MN, 56560

DOT# 806874 MC# 359072 Moorhead, Minnesota 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jun 1, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
May 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Feb 17, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address3347 109TH AVENUE NORTH, MOORHEAD, MN, 56560

Mailing Address3347 109TH AVENUE NORTH, MOORHEAD, MN, 56560

Other Companies at This Address

Address3347 109TH AVENUE NORTH, MOORHEAD, MN 56560

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
J M RICHARDS INC this company	806874	Sign in	Active
JAY S RICHARDS	492493	Sign in	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC359072

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 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 5.25 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .25 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 7.4 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,000,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS25.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/19/2013

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective07/01/2020

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WF001843

Last checked08/14/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet8 units

Drivers8

Mileage1,000,000 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15006/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total15

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total4

Out of Service1

OOS Rate25.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/19/2013

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

2023

3 · 1 OOS -

2024

12 · 1 OOS =

2025

8 · 1 OOS =

2026

4 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

0 crashes =

2026

0 crashes =

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 Jun 2026, 17 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (5.9% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
11/30/2023	LINO LAKES	MN	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

22 roadside violations across 17 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

Unsafe Driving 10 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 8 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 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 (27)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/01/2026	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	BARNESVILLE MN	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORHEAD MN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/23/2026	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORHEAD MN	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/17/2026	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUXTON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	MN	Special (Level IV)	SABIN MN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	FARGO ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/19/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2025	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON ND	6	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
05/29/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	JAMESTOWN ND	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2025	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	BEACH ND	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2025	MN	Special (Level IV)	WOLVERTON MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORHEAD MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	DELL RAPIDS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORETON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	FARGO ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	ERSKINE MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	MOORHEAD MN	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/09/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	DEVILS LAKE ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BISMARCK ND	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	RED RIVER WEIGH STATION	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
11/30/2023	MN	Full (Level I)	LINO LAKES	18	2	4	1	5	1	-	▲Detail
10/06/2023	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORWICH REST AREA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GLYNDON	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections17

Unsafe Driving 5 viols

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	CWP3817371	$1,000,000	11/20/2000	10/26/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	CWP 3 817 371	$1,000,000	11/20/2000	08/24/2001	Name Changed
34	CARGO	GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	CIM 0861664	$0	11/08/2010	04/30/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	CBA 0861663	$1,000,000	09/11/2010	07/01/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02785A	$1,000,000	09/11/2001	09/11/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02785A	$1,000,000	09/11/2001	10/18/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02785A	$0	09/11/2001	10/18/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP02785A	$1,000,000	09/11/2001	11/20/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LFO0001119	$750,000	07/01/2015	07/01/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LFO0001119	$750,000	07/01/2015	07/22/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTEGRITY PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO	CA 2633483	$750,000	07/01/2012	07/01/2015	Cancelled
34	CARGO	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	CPP 071 12 83	$0	05/13/1999	08/24/2001	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	CPP 071 12 83	$1,000,000	05/13/1999	11/20/2000	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC359072	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/23/2001	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/21/2001
MC359072	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/31/2011	-	-
MC359072	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/25/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/29/2020
MC359072	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/09/1999	REVOKED	10/25/2010
MC359072	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/04/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/02/2015

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

J M RICHARDS INC

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Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (27)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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