Welcome to MCCD Regulations Compliance
* * * * * * * * MOTOR CARRIER & CONSUMER ADVISORY * * * * * * * *
Due to Technical difficulties our list of carriers for Household Goods and Passenger Carrier is currently not up to date on this website.
Please contact the Georgia Department of Public Safety/Regulatory Compliance Section to verify that the carriers are legal with our department.
For Household Goods call 404-624-7241, Passenger Carrier call 404-624-7244 and Non-Consensual Towing call 404-624-7242.
Thank you.
NOTICE TO ALL MOTOR CARRIERS: ONLINE OVERWEIGHT CITATIONS PAYMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Online payments for Overweight Citations is now avialable!
To pay online: https://owcu.gamccd.net/Payment
To pay by phone (Live Customer Service): Call our Toll-Free Customer Service line, Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 4:00pm (EST) at (888)489-2001.
Canadian Carriers, call (404)624-7220. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Credit Cards.
We also accept Money Transfer Checks (EFS, T-Chek System).
In accordance with Title 49 CFR Parts 350 and 395, intrastate carriers operating solely in Georgia must comply with the Electronic
Logging Device (ELD) final rule beginning January 1, 2019. Drivers and carriers who currently utilize the short haul
(100 or 150 air mile) exception contained in 49 CFR 395.1(e) or who are required to complete a record of duty status 8 days or less in a 30 day
period are exempt from the ELD requirement. For a complete list of exemptions, see 49 CFR 395.8.
NOTICE TO ALL MOTOR CARRIERS: UCR & GIMC 2023 Registrations. Click
here for details.
NOTICE OF CHANGES TO MAXIMUM RATE TARRIFF FOR HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIERS
On April 14th, 2022, the Board of Public Safety approved a new maximum rate tariff applicable to intrastate household goods movers within the
state of Georgia. Following the vote, Commissioner C. Wright signed an Administrative Order adopting the new tariff. The new tariff
will cancel DPS MaximumRate Tariff No. 2 for Carriers of Household Goods in Intrastate Transportation. The substantive
changes to the tariff include a 10% across-the-board increase to rates and charges. The new maximum rate tariff
will become effective on April 18th, 2022. Until that time the existing maximum rate tariff shall remain in effect. To view the new tariff,
click here. To view the Administrative Order adopted April 18th, 2022, click here.
To review the Temporary Administrative Order effective June 22th, 2022, click here.
Any questions or concerns regarding the new tariff should be directed to Jacob Taylor, Legal Services Officer, at 404-624-7423, or via email at jtaylor@gsp.net or Brittany Freeney at 404-624-7241.
NOTICE OF NON-CONSENSUAL TOWING MAXIMUM RATE TARIFF CHANGES
On September 25, 2017, the Department of Public Safety approved and issued a new Maximum Rate Tariff for Non-consensual Towing Services in the State of Georgia.
The new tariff is scheduled to go into effect on Thursday, November 10, 2017.
The new maximum rates DO NOT go into effect until November 10, 2017; prior to that date the existing maximum rate tariff still applies and nonconsensual
towing companies are not authorized to charge any rates higher those provided by that tariff.
For the new tariff click here. Any questions or concerns regarding the new tariff should be directed to Jacob Taylor, Legal Services Officer, at 404-624-7423, or via email at jtaylor@gsp.net or Brenda Hogans at 404-624-7242.
NOTICE TO ALL MOTOR CARRIERS: UCR & GIMC 2018 Registrations. Click here for details.
URGENT Notice for Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles:
On December 1, 2016, a Criminal Complaint in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, was issued against Anthony Lefteris, Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (“National Registry”) No. 8343724872, of Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Lefteris was charged with Making False Statements, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 1001; and Making a False Entry in U.S. Department of Transportation’s Records with the Intent to Impede and Influence the Proper Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 1519.
The investigation initiated by the U.S. Department of Transportation determined that while listed as a Certified Medical Examiner on the National Registry, Dr. Lefteris conducted a number of medical certification examinations that far exceeded a reasonable number of examinations. A joint undercover investigation conducted by the Georgia Department of Public Safety Motor Carrier Compliance Division and Federal Motor Carrier Administration revealed that the purported medical examinations conducted by Dr. Lefteris at a truck stop in Atlanta, Georgia, exhibited a pattern whereby the examination was incomplete, required tests were not performed and information on the medical examination form was falsified.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed Dr. Lefteris from the National Registry on December 2, 2016.
USDOT/FMCSA intends to revoke all certificates issued by Dr. Lefteris to commercial motor vehicle operators within the past two years.
FMCSA offices nationwide are presently working with State Driver’s Licensing Agencies to obtain the contact information for all affected drivers. FMCSA is contacting these drivers and informing them that they have THIRTY DAYS to obtain a Medical Examiner’s Certificate from a Medical Examiner with valid certification on the National Registry. Letters to Georgia licensed CDL holders will be sent the week of January 2nd. Failure to obtain an updated medical examiners certificate will result in the driver being declared not medically qualified and subject to citations and/or being placed out of service during a roadside inspection.
The Georgia Department of Public Safety strongly encourages ANYdriver who currently holds a Georgia commercial driver’s license ANDhad a physical performed by Dr. Lefteris submit a current and valid medical examiners certificate to the Georgia Department of Driver Services immediately in order to prevent your CDL from being downgraded. In addition, any commercial vehicle driver who currently holds a regular non-commercial driver’s license and operates a commercial motor vehicle and has a medical examiners certificate issued by Dr. Lefteris, should obtain an updated and valid medical certificate from a registered medical examiner as soon as possible.
Drivers and carriers with further questions should contact USDOT/FMCSA via email at FMCSAMedical@dot.govor by calling 1-202-366-4001.
NOTICE TO ALL MOTOR CARRIERS: UCR & GIMC 2017 Timely Registrations. Click here for details.
Effective July 1, 2015 Senate Bill 100 creates changes to the Georgia Intrastate Motor Carrier (GIMC) Registration. These include who is now required to
register and the documents required for the registration. Please click on the GIMC updates link to review the specific changes. GIMC updates
Effective July 1, 2015, O. C. G. A 40-1-191 requires the following: ride share network services, transportation referral services,
transportation referral service providers, and certain taxi services doing business or operating in the state of Georgia to
register with the Georgia Department of Public Safety. Registration will be done on an annual basis and require a fee to be
paid to obtain a permit to operate in the state of Georgia. The application will be forthcoming and posted on the department’s
website at www. gamccd.net. Please click here for the flyer.
NOTICE TO ALL MOTOR CARRIERS: UCR & GIMC Registration Programs Are Moving to GA DPS on July 1, 2014
Effective July 1, 2014, the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) (for Interstate motor carriers) and the Georgia Intrastate Motor Carrier (GIMC)
Registration (UCR-GA for intrastate carriers) Programs are moving from the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) to the Georgia Department of
Public Safety (DPS). DPS is currently in the process of creating a new trucking portal website for customers to register and pay fees for
both of these important programs. This website will be operational by July 1, 2014, and all registrations and renewals will be handled through the
DPS Portal. In the interim, please visit our websites, www.dps.georgia.gov and www.gamccd.net,
frequently for updates regarding UCR and GIMC.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS MAXIMUM RATE TARIFF AMENDMENT
Under authority granted the Commissioner of Public Safety in O.C.G.A. §40-1-118, effective April 18, 2022,
the Georgia Department of Public Safety Maximum Rate Tariff No. 3 is amended by including provisions for intrastate motor carriers of household
goods to charge “travel time” and a “fuel surcharge.” These tariff concessions are designed to curtail some of the
current economic challenges encountered by household good movers statewide. As a point of note, household goods movers
are under no obligation to assess travel time and fuel surcharges to customers; the assessing of such fees is
optional and not a matter of law.
Click here to view the specifics regarding
these changes. Click here to view the Commissioner’s
Administrative Order and Rule promulgation.
* * * * * * * * CONSUMER ADVISORY * * * * * * * *
Wedding season is almost upon us! Please keep the safety of yourself and your loved ones in mind when you
decide to hire a particular limousine or party bus company. We at the Department of Public Safety
encourage you to hire only those passenger and limousine carriers that are licensed by the Georgia
Department of Public Safety. And, it is so simple and convenient to check our databases to see if a
company you want to hire is a legal company. In simple terms, if the company does not appear on our
database, the company is not legal to conduct limousine or bus operations in Georgia. To check our
limousine carrier database, go to: http://www.gamccd.net/LPCLimousineCarriers.aspx. If you want to
check to check to see if a party bus company is legal go to: http://www.gamccd.net/LPCBusCarriers.aspx.
If you have questions, please call Kathy Williams at (404) 624-7244. Also, in the
course of your research if you find an unlicensed limousine or bus company, please give us a call. In
reporting such illegal activities, you may save someone’s life.
* * * * * * * NOTICE TO ALL CARRIERS POSSESSING USDOT NUMBERS * * * * * * *
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Department of Public Safety are requiring all companies
who possess USDOT numbers to perform a Biennial Update, regardless of whether or not the carrier’s motor carrier information
has changed. This law came into effect on November 1, 2013, but the date that a carrier must update their MCS 150
(Biennial Update) is determined by their USDOT Number as specified in Title 49, CFR, 390.19.The link below will provide
the information and guidance so you can update your information online. Failure to complete a Biennial Update may result in
deactivation of your USDOT number and civil penalties of up to $1,000 per day, not to exceed $10,000.
www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/Update_your_registration.aspx
Effective July 1, 2012, the Georgia Motor Carrier Act of 2012 (HB 865) transferred responsibility for regulation,
certification, permitting, and enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations governing household goods movers, passenger
carriers (motor coaches & buses), luxury limousine carriers, and non-consensual towing operations from the Georgia
Public Service Commission to the Georgia Department of Public Safety.
The Motor Carrier Compliance Division, Regulations Compliance Section, of the Georgia Department of Public Safety
is responsible for the enforcement of the Rules, Regulations, and Laws governing household goods movers, passenger
carriers (motor coaches & buses), luxury limousine carriers, and non-consensual towing operations.
The Department is firmly committed to fair economic practices and the safe operation of motor vehicles. Under
current Georgia law, motor carriers engaging in the intrastate (within Georgia) transportation of household goods
and passengers are required to possess Certificates or Permits issued by the Georgia Department of Public Safety.
Additionally, limousine carriers and non-consensual tow operations are also required to possess Certificates or
Permits issued by the DPS.
The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) is primarily a law enforcement organization, and we encourage all
motor carriers and drivers to comply with the Rules and Regulations of the Department, as well as Georgia law. Those
who choose to operate illegally may face both criminal and civil penalties for non-compliance.
Also, please visit our Department of Public Safety website at www.dps.georgia.gov
Title VI Public Notice
The Georgia Department of Public Safety hereby gives public notice that it is the policy of the Department to assure full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987,
and related non-discrimination authorities in all programs and activities. It is our policy that no person in the State of Georgia shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, low-income,
or limited English proficiency be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any of our programs or activities.
Any person who believes they have been subjected to discriminatory practice under the Title VI nondiscriminatory program has a right to file a formal complaint. The complaint must be filed in writing or in person with
the Georgia Department of Public Safety, Title VI Program Coordinator, within ninety (90) days from: the date of the alleged discriminatory act or upon notice of the discriminatory act.
Title VI Program Discrimination Complaint Forms may be obtained online at http://gamccd.net. For additional information regarding Title VI protections or to request a complaint form by mail contact the
DPS Office of Professional Standards by calling (404) 624-7523; or in person at 959 United Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30316.
Title VI Compliant Document
Transportation Notices
Hearing Notice
Transportation Rules
Department of Public Safety Transportation Rules