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James Shaver

As of Oct 21, 2026, James Shaver in Mentor, Minnesota has broker authority status “Voluntarily suspended”, with 2 suspensions or revocations on record.

34264 140th Ave Se, Mentor, Minnesota 56736 (218) 686-8141

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

James Shaver (MC377271, USDOT 855960), doing business as Jim Shaver Trucking, is a freight broker of property based in Mentor, Minnesota. Broker authority: voluntarily suspended (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: voluntarily suspended on August 11, 2026. FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority on July 16, 2012. Trust fund, BMC-85 on file with Unity Bank North, effective October 2013, filed with FMCSA on November 13, 2013. FMCSA history shows 2 suspension or revocation actions on the broker authority. The same docket also holds motor carrier of property authority.

Key facts

Authority status Voluntarily suspended 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of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn.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 10+ years 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 Trust fund (BMC-85) Surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85). source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Surety or trust provider Unity Bank North source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Suspensions and revocations on record 2 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
Also a motor carrier Yes Yes means the same docket also holds active motor carrier of property authority. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Doing business as Jim Shaver Trucking source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
USDOT number 855960 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Truck Process Agents Of America, Inc. source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Voluntarily suspended source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Aug 11, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Jul 16, 2012 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Oct 1, 2013 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Nov 13, 2013 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. A notice is not confirmation that a suspension took effect.

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

    Truck Process Agents Of America, Inc.; 4315 53rd St S, Fargo, ND, 58104; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. Aug 11, 2026: Voluntarily suspended Official source
  3. Jul 9, 2026: Voluntarily suspended Official source
  4. Nov 19, 2013: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  5. Nov 13, 2013: Bond filing recorded

    Unity Bank North; Trust fund (BMC-85)

    Official source
  6. Nov 6, 2013: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

    Notice served; not confirmation that revocation took effect. See the separate final disposition.

    Official source
  7. Oct 1, 2013: Bond effective date recorded

    Unity Bank North; Trust fund (BMC-85)

    Official source
  8. Jul 16, 2012: Authority granted (legacy record) Official source
  9. Jul 16, 2012: Revocation discontinued Official source
  10. Jul 16, 2012: Authority granted 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 Minnesota

536 freight brokers in the dataset are in Minnesota; 30 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Minnesota

Authority status (all 536 here): Suspended 2 (<1%) · Active 507 (95%) · Application pending 22 (4%) · Application withdrawn 4 (<1%) · Voluntarily suspended 1 (<1%)

Recent change (all 536 here): New authority (last 14 days) 3 (<1%) · Application filed (last 14 days) 3 (<1%) · Suspended or revoked (last 30 days) 1 (<1%) · None on record 529 (99%)

Authority age (all 536 in this group): 10+ years (319) · 3–10 years (124) · 1–3 years (31) · 3–12 months (21) · Under 30 days (7) · 1–3 months (7) · None on record (27)

City, state (all 536 in this group): Minneapolis, Minnesota (30) · Saint Paul, Minnesota (22) · Eagan, Minnesota (16) · Rochester, Minnesota (10) · Elk River, Minnesota (8) · Eden Prairie, Minnesota (8) · 232 other values (442)

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Something wrong or out of date? How corrections work. Source record ID MC377271.