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title: "Revocation"
url: https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/revocation
description: "Revocation is FMCSA's cancellation of a company's operating authority, voluntary or involuntary, after which it may not operate for hire under that authority unless reinstated."
---

# Revocation

**Definition:** Revocation is FMCSA's cancellation of a company's operating authority, voluntary or involuntary, after which it may not operate for hire under that authority unless reinstated.

Also called: Authority revocation, Revoked authority, Involuntary revocation. Category: FMCSA & freight.

Involuntary revocations and suspensions usually follow a lapsed filing. If a carrier fails to keep required insurance on file, FMCSA revokes or suspends its authority, and FMCSA's data also records suspensions for a cancelled BOC-3. A broker faces suspension when its bond or trust is drawn below $75,000 and isn't restored within 7 business days of FMCSA's notice. Registrants can also ask for voluntary revocation and can later apply for reinstatement.

The record moved with Motus. The legacy Revocation dataset was last refreshed on 2026-05-14; revocations and suspensions since then appear in the Motus RevokeSuspend data.

For a factor, a client's revocation means loads after that date were hauled without authority, and an insurance lapse often comes first. A debtor broker's suspension is a credit event. Reinstated authority keeps its docket, but judge its age with the gap in mind.

> **Red flag: Red flags** A pending insurance cancellation. Repeated cycles of revocation and reinstatement. A new authority that shares contacts with a recently revoked one, a [chameleon carrier](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/chameleon-carrier) pattern.

## Related

- [Operating authority](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/operating-authority)
- [BMC-91 and BMC-91X](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/bmc-91)
- [Chameleon carrier](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/chameleon-carrier)
- [Authority age](https://carrierkyc.com/glossary/authority-age)
- [Carrier risk check](https://carrierkyc.com/tools/carrier-check)

## Sources

- [Federal Register: Availability of Motus, FMCSA's New Registration System](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08334/availability-of-motus-fmcsas-new-registration-system) (FMCSA notice, 2026-04-29)
- [49 CFR 387.307: Property broker surety bond or trust fund](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-387.307) (eCFR)
- [FMCSA Revocation, All With History (legacy L&I)](https://data.transportation.gov/Trucking-and-Motorcoaches/Revocation-All-With-History/sa6p-acbp) (data.transportation.gov, last refreshed 2026-05-14)
- [FMCSA Motus RevokeSuspend, All With History](https://data.transportation.gov/Trucking-and-Motorcoaches/Motus-RevokeSuspend-All-With-History/wb4f-neki) (data.transportation.gov)
- [FMCSA Motus AuthHist, All With History](https://data.transportation.gov/Trucking-and-Motorcoaches/Motus-AuthHist-All-With-History/yu5v-wbh6) (data.transportation.gov)