Broker Authority Watch

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Midwest Motor Express Inc

Source note: FMCSA's authority row says Active, while its latest logged history action is “Voluntarily suspended” on September 8, 2026. These source statements disagree; the history does not resolve current authority. Check the official records.

As of Oct 21, 2026, Midwest Motor Express Inc in Bismarck, North Dakota has broker authority status “Active”, with an unresolved disagreement between the authority row and its latest logged stop, with 2 suspensions or revocations on record.

5015 East Main Ave, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 (701) 223-1880

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

Midwest Motor Express Inc (MC2153, USDOT 35207) is a freight broker of property based in Bismarck, North Dakota. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: voluntarily suspended on September 8, 2026. The latest grant/reinstatement date in the available history is January 18, 2013. Trust fund, BMC-85 on file with Wells Fargo Bank N.a., effective October 2014, filed with FMCSA on September 30, 2014. FMCSA history shows 2 suspension or revocation actions on the broker authority.

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of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn.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 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 Wells Fargo Bank N.a. 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 No Yes means the same docket also holds active motor carrier of property authority. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
USDOT number 35207 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents American Trucking Associations 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 Sep 8, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Jan 18, 2013 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Jan 18, 2013 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Oct 1, 2014 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Sep 30, 2014 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

    American Trucking Associations; 80 M St Se Ste 800, Washington, DC, 20003-3557; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. Sep 8, 2026: Voluntarily suspended Official source
  3. Jun 8, 2021: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  4. Apr 29, 2021: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

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

    Official source
  5. Oct 1, 2014: Bond effective date recorded

    Wells Fargo Bank N.a.; Trust fund (BMC-85)

    Official source
  6. Sep 30, 2014: Bond filing recorded

    Wells Fargo Bank N.a.; Trust fund (BMC-85)

    Official source
  7. Jan 18, 2013: Authority revoked Official source
  8. Jan 18, 2013: Authority granted (legacy record) 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 North Dakota

126 freight brokers in the dataset are in North Dakota; 4 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in North Dakota

Authority status (all 126 here): Active 121 (96%) · Application pending 4 (3%) · Application withdrawn 1 (<1%)

Recent change (all 126 here): New authority (last 14 days) 1 (<1%) · Reinstated (last 30 days) 1 (<1%) · Application filed (last 14 days) 1 (<1%) · None on record 123 (98%)

Authority age (all 126 in this group): 10+ years (69) · 3–10 years (35) · 1–3 years (11) · 3–12 months (5) · Under 30 days (1) · None on record (5)

City, state (all 126 in this group): Fargo, North Dakota (21) · Bismarck, North Dakota (12) · West Fargo, North Dakota (11) · Grand Forks, North Dakota (10) · Jamestown, North Dakota (6) · Minot, North Dakota (5) · 44 other values (61)

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Something wrong or out of date? How corrections work. Source record ID MC2153.