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First Choice Freight Solution LLC

As of Oct 21, 2026, First Choice Freight Solution LLC in Bedford, Iowa has broker authority status “Active”, in force since Jul 22, 2026, with 0 suspensions or revocations on record.

2359 290th St, Bedford, Iowa 50833 (641) 431-0158

Verified Oct 21, 2026 against FMCSA Licensing & Insurance: Motus and legacy L&I files (data.transportation.gov)

First Choice Freight Solution LLC (MC48440345, USDOT 6094088) is a freight broker of property based in Bedford, Iowa. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: authority granted on July 22, 2026. The current authority has been in force since July 22, 2026. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Amherst National Insurance Company, effective July 2026, filed with FMCSA on July 22, 2026.

Key facts

Authority status Active Status of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority age 3–12 months Time since FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority, whatever its status now; a suspension, revocation or reinstatement does not reset it. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker bond ($75,000) Bond or trust fund on file Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85) on file with FMCSA. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond type Surety bond (BMC-84) Surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85). source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Surety or trust provider Amherst National Insurance Company source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Suspensions and revocations on record 0 FMCSA revocation and suspension actions on the broker authority: involuntary (bond, insurance or process-agent lapses) and voluntary, legacy and Motus history combined and counted once per date. Notices and discontinued proceedings are excluded; a count alone does not establish a coverage gap. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Also a motor carrier No Yes means the same docket also holds active motor carrier of property authority. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
USDOT number 6094088 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Joy B Fitzgerald Resident Agents Inc. source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Authority granted source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Jul 22, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Jul 22, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Jul 22, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Jul 22, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Jul 22, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond amount 75,000 USD source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different.

  1. Oct 21, 2026: Process-agent record first observed · first observed by this site; source date unavailable

    Joy B Fitzgerald Resident Agents Inc.; 2207 Adventureland Drive Po Box 366, Altoona, IA, 50009; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. Jul 22, 2026: Authority granted Official source
  3. Jul 22, 2026: Bond filing recorded

    Amherst National Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  4. Jun 24, 2026: Application filed Official source

Dates on this record

Source updatedUnknown (the source gives no update date for this record or its dataset)
CollectedOct 21, 2026, 10:47 AM ET (the last successful check of the source that included this record)
EffectiveNot given by the source (when the source says each fact took effect)
RetiredNot retired: Motus, FMCSA's registration system, is maintained (whether the dataset is still maintained)

In Iowa

311 freight brokers in the dataset are in Iowa; 7 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Iowa

Authority status (all 311 here): Suspended 1 (<1%) · Active 302 (97%) · Application pending 8 (3%)

Recent change (all 311 here): Application filed (last 14 days) 3 (<1%) · New authority (last 14 days) 1 (<1%) · None on record 307 (99%)

Authority age (all 311 in this group): 10+ years (167) · 3–10 years (84) · 1–3 years (30) · 3–12 months (18) · 1–3 months (3) · Under 30 days (1) · None on record (8)

City, state (all 311 in this group): Des Moines, Iowa (27) · Cedar Rapids, Iowa (15) · Dubuque, Iowa (11) · Waterloo, Iowa (9) · Davenport, Iowa (8) · Urbandale, Iowa (7) · 159 other values (234)

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