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Santamaria Transport LLC

Source note: The selected bond filing names Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; other financial-filing rows name Nationwide Mutual Insurance Comp. 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, Santamaria Transport LLC in Tacoma, Washington has broker authority status “Active”, in force since Sep 16, 2026, with 1 suspension or revocation on record.

3610 104th St E, Tacoma, Washington 98446 (253) 327-5927

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

Santamaria Transport LLC (MC561159, USDOT 1491371) is a freight broker of property based in Tacoma, Washington. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: authority reinstated on September 16, 2026. Before that, FMCSA suspended it on September 8, 2026 (no process agent (BOC-3) on file). The current authority has been in force since September 16, 2026. FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority on October 26, 2021. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, effective October 2021, filed with FMCSA on October 20, 2021. FMCSA again shows a bond on file but logs no newer bond filing since the authority stopped on September 8, 2026. 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of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn.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 Nationwide Mutual 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, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
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 1491371 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Dotprocessagents.com LLC, Interstate Commerce Authority Inc. source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Authority reinstated source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Sep 16, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Sep 16, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Oct 26, 2021 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Oct 18, 2021 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Oct 20, 2021 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond amount 75,000 USD source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Reinstated after Suspended: no process agent (BOC-3) on file on 2026-09-08 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

    Interstate Commerce Authority Inc.; 10262 Valley Waters Dr, Spring Valley, CA, 91978-2011; government filing date not supplied

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

    Dotprocessagents.com LLC; 1410 N Porter Ave, Norman, OK, 73071; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  3. Sep 16, 2026: Authority reinstated Official source
  4. Sep 8, 2026: Suspended: no process agent (BOC-3) on file Official source
  5. Oct 26, 2021: Authority granted (legacy record) Official source
  6. Oct 26, 2021: Authority granted Official source
  7. Oct 20, 2021: Bond filing recorded

    Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  8. Oct 18, 2021: Bond effective date recorded

    Nationwide Mutual Insurance Comp; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    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 Washington

555 freight brokers in the dataset are in Washington; 36 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Washington

Authority status (all 555 here): Suspended 6 (1%) · Active 524 (94%) · Application pending 21 (4%) · Application withdrawn 4 (<1%)

Recent change (all 555 here): Application filed (last 14 days) 8 (1%) · New authority (last 14 days) 3 (<1%) · Reinstated (last 30 days) 2 (<1%) · Suspended or revoked (last 30 days) 1 (<1%) · None on record 541 (97%)

Authority age (all 555 in this group): 10+ years (202) · 3–10 years (187) · 1–3 years (78) · 3–12 months (50) · Under 30 days (7) · 1–3 months (4) · None on record (27)

City, state (all 555 in this group): Vancouver, Washington (58) · Seattle, Washington (44) · Kent, Washington (32) · Yakima, Washington (26) · Auburn, Washington (23) · Spokane, Washington (23) · 116 other values (349)

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