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title: "L&I (Licensing and Insurance)"
url: https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/l-and-i
description: "L&I is FMCSA's legacy Licensing and Insurance system for authority, insurance, BOC-3 and revocation records; its filing functions were retired on 2026-05-14 as FMCSA moved to Motus."
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# L&I (Licensing and Insurance)

**Definition:** L&I is FMCSA's legacy Licensing and Insurance system for authority, insurance, BOC-3 and revocation records; its filing functions were retired on 2026-05-14 as FMCSA moved to Motus.

Also called: L&I, Licensing and Insurance system, LI-Public. Category: FMCSA & freight.

FMCSA's L&I public site carried the notice: all registration functionality, including new applications in URS, changes and filings via L&I, and registration options in the FMCSA Portal, would be permanently retired on Thursday, May 14 at 8:00 PM ET, with Motus launching the following week. The legacy L&I datasets on data.transportation.gov say they were last refreshed on 2026-05-14 and will no longer be updated.

The Motus datasets update daily. In CarrierKYC's checks in October 2026, they held far fewer authorities than the frozen legacy files, so we read both: the legacy snapshot, with Motus updates layered on top.

> **Caution: What this means for factors** Any tool or vendor still reading only L&I data shows authority and insurance status as of mid-May 2026. A cancellation, suspension or revocation after that date won't appear. Ask your data providers which source they read and how fresh it is.

See [Motus](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/motus) and [FMCSA Motus explained](https://carrierkyc.com/guides/fmcsa-motus-explained), or run a [carrier check](https://carrierkyc.com/tools/carrier-check), which reads both sources.

## Related

- [Motus](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/motus)
- [SAFER](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/safer)
- [Revocation](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/revocation)
- [FMCSA Motus explained for factors and brokers](https://carrierkyc.com/guides/fmcsa-motus-explained)
- [Carrier risk check](https://carrierkyc.com/tools/carrier-check)

## Sources

- [FMCSA Licensing and Insurance (L&I) public site](https://li-public.fmcsa.dot.gov/LIVIEW/pkg_menu.prc_menu) (Includes the 2026-05-14 retirement notice)
- [FMCSA Carrier, All With History (legacy L&I)](https://data.transportation.gov/Trucking-and-Motorcoaches/Carrier-All-With-History/6eyk-hxee) (data.transportation.gov, last refreshed 2026-05-14)
- [FMCSA Motus Carrier, All With History](https://data.transportation.gov/Trucking-and-Motorcoaches/Motus-Carrier-All-With-History/inys-ebih) (data.transportation.gov)