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TRANS-STATES LINES INC

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Company CheckTRANS-STATES LINES INC · DOT 853592

DBA: TSL

DOT# 853592 MC# MC-149026 Fort Smith, Arkansas

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289

Power Units

270

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusNot on file

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/12/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Last filing on record09/04/1999

Surety / TrusteeAMWEST SURETY INSURANCE CO.

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Filings on record4

Bond cancelled Aug 18, 2000 by BANK OF AMERICA, NA. FMCSA requires every broker to keep a $75,000 bond on file; after a cancellation, operating authority is typically revoked within weeks. Confirm current status in FMCSA's official records before booking.

Bond history

BANK OF AMERICA, NAApr 2000 to Aug 2000 · CANCELLED

AMWEST SURETY INSURANCE CO.Sep 1999 to Mar 2000 · CANCELLED

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.Sep 1995 to Sep 1999 · CANCELLED

TRANSPORT INSURANCE CO.Aug 1993 to Sep 1995 · replaced

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Other Companies at This Address

Address6815 JENNY LIND, FORT SMITH, AR 72908

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
NWA LOGISTICS INC	2226805	Sign in	Active
TRANS-STATES LINES INC this company	853592	Sign in	Inactive

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

Operating Authorities

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC149026

CommonInactive

ContractInactive

BrokerInactive

Drivers

270

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

270

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 OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Quick Facts

StatusInactive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet289 units

Drivers270

MCS-15002/2001

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	AMWEST SURETY INSURANCE CO.	24000572	$0	09/04/1999	03/08/2000	Cancelled
84	SURETY	LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.		$0	09/04/1995	09/04/1999	Cancelled
84	SURETY	TRANSPORT INSURANCE CO.	0206376-93	$0	08/04/1993	09/04/1995	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	AT2741001999-01	$1,000,000	06/15/1995	03/18/1999	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSPORT INSURANCE CO.	1174	$1,000,000	06/15/1993	07/22/1995	Cancelled
85	TRUST FUND	BANK OF AMERICA, NA	NONE	$0	04/14/2000	08/18/2000	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	IMB 4548858 (FAX-TG)	$0	02/15/2000	02/15/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	RMCA 527-32-36	$1,000,000	02/05/2000	02/05/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	RMCA5273236	$1,000,000	02/05/2000	01/19/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	NKC015256600	$1,000,000	02/05/1999	03/05/2000	Transferred
34	CARGO	ARKWRIGHT INSURANCE COMPANY	200128	$0	02/04/1993	03/05/2000	Transferred

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC149026	PROPERTY BROKER	REINSTATED	12/22/1999	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/25/1980	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/22/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/11/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/25/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/06/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/17/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/08/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	06/25/1985	REVOKED	11/24/1999
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/14/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/14/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/14/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/14/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/14/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/28/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/23/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/13/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/30/2000	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/18/2000
MC149026	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/30/2000	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/18/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/11/1985	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/05/1981	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/26/1992	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/26/1992
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/23/1988	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/17/1987	TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	02/17/1987	REVOKED	11/24/1999
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/09/2000	REVOKED	04/06/2001
MC149026	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	02/09/2000	REVOKED	05/25/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/09/2000	REVOKED	04/06/2001
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED		TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED		TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED		TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED		TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED		TRANSFERRED	02/09/2000
MC149026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED		TRANSFERRED	05/18/1981

No revocation records.

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60/100

Good

NOT 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 60

−25

−10

Starts at 100−40 totalFinal 60

Not active with FMCSA−25

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Operating history unknown−3

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

USDOT registration is not active (inactive, revoked, or pending).

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

-25

Not active with FMCSA FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA does not show an active USDOT registration / operating authority.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

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

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

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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