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Nichols Logistics LLC

Source note: FMCSA's authority row says Active, while its latest logged history action is “Voluntarily suspended” on August 12, 2026. These source statements disagree; the history does not resolve current authority. Check the official records.

Source note: The selected bond filing names Amherst National Insurance Company; other financial-filing rows name Jet Insurance Company. The files do not explain these provider differences. A shared effective date does not establish one consistent policy or insurer; each source row is retained separately.

As of Oct 21, 2026, Nichols Logistics LLC in Bayfield, Colorado has broker authority status “Active”, with an unresolved disagreement between the authority row and its latest logged stop, with 1 suspension or revocation on record.

1152 N Pinon Cir, Bayfield, Colorado 81122 (970) 764-8002

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

Nichols Logistics LLC (MC1231778, USDOT 3613698) is a freight broker of property based in Bayfield, Colorado. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: voluntarily suspended on August 12, 2026. The latest grant/reinstatement date in the available history is January 25, 2022. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Amherst National Insurance Company, effective January 2025, filed with FMCSA on January 3, 2025. FMCSA history shows 1 suspension or revocation action on the broker authority. The same docket also holds motor carrier of property 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of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn.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 3–10 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 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 1 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
USDOT number 3613698 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Registered Agents, LLC 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 12, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Jan 25, 2022 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Jan 25, 2022 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Jan 15, 2025 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Jan 3, 2025 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

    Registered Agents, LLC; 30 N Gould St PMB R, Sheridan, WY, 82801-6317; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. Aug 12, 2026: Voluntarily suspended Official source
  3. Jan 15, 2025: Bond effective date recorded

    Jet Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  4. Jan 3, 2025: Bond filing recorded

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

    Official source
  5. Jan 16, 2024: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  6. Dec 21, 2023: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

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

    Official source
  7. Jan 25, 2022: Authority granted Official source
  8. Jan 25, 2022: 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 Colorado

335 freight brokers in the dataset are in Colorado; 20 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Colorado

Authority status (all 335 here): Suspended 1 (<1%) · Revoked 1 (<1%) · Active 312 (93%) · Application pending 14 (4%) · Application withdrawn 7 (2%)

Recent change (all 335 here): New authority (last 14 days) 2 (<1%) · Application filed (last 14 days) 2 (<1%) · None on record 331 (99%)

Authority age (all 335 in this group): 3–10 years (120) · 10+ years (113) · 1–3 years (44) · 3–12 months (25) · Under 30 days (6) · 1–3 months (6) · None on record (21)

City, state (all 335 in this group): Denver, Colorado (74) · Aurora, Colorado (34) · Colorado Springs, Colorado (17) · Englewood, Colorado (9) · Greeley, Colorado (9) · Thornton, Colorado (9) · 90 other values (183)

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