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Southern Carriers Inc

Source note: The bond summary uses the selected filing's effective date, October 6, 2026. Other financial-filing source rows show June 17, 2025. These may be different filings or disagreements between files; the records do not establish why the dates differ. The timeline preserves those rows separately, not as one consistent policy date or proof of a coverage gap.

As of Oct 21, 2026, Southern Carriers Inc in Lewisburg, Tennessee has broker authority status “Application pending”, with 2 suspensions or revocations on record.

107 First Ave South, Lewisburg, Tennessee 37091 (931) 270-8055

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

Southern Carriers Inc (MC384058, USDOT 878741) is a freight broker of property based in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Broker authority: application pending (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: application published in the FMCSA register on October 19, 2026. FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority on October 4, 2000. It applied for broker authority on October 19, 2026; FMCSA has not granted it yet. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Suretec Insurance Company, effective October 2026, filed with FMCSA on October 7, 2026. 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 Application pending Status of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Recent change Application filed (last 14 days) New authority (a docket's first grant) or application in the last 14 days, or authority granted again on a docket that held it before; suspension or revocation in the last 30 days when FMCSA's authority row also shows the broker suspended or revoked (a logged suspension on a row that still reads Active is a source disagreement, noted on the profile, and is not counted here); reinstatement in the last 30 days. 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 Surety bond (BMC-84) Surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85). source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Surety or trust provider Suretec Insurance Company 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
USDOT number 878741 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 Application published in the FMCSA Register source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Oct 19, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Oct 4, 2000 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Application filed Oct 19, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Oct 6, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Oct 7, 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. 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. Oct 19, 2026: Application published in the FMCSA Register Official source
  3. Oct 7, 2026: Bond filing recorded

    Suretec Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  4. Jul 21, 2026: Suspended: bond or trust fund cancelled Official source
  5. Jul 19, 2026: Prior bond cancelled

    Suretec Insurance Company; describes the previous policy, not its replacement or a proven coverage gap

    Official source
  6. Jun 19, 2026: Suspension/revocation notice

    Notice only; not confirmation that suspension took effect. Scheduled effective date: 2026-07-19.

    Official source
  7. Jun 17, 2025: Bond effective date recorded

    Suretec Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  8. May 21, 2025: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  9. May 20, 2025: Bond filing recorded

    Suretec Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  10. May 20, 2025: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

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

    Official source
  11. Jul 14, 2022: Revocation discontinued Official source
  12. Jul 14, 2022: Authority reinstated (legacy record) Official source
  13. Dec 3, 2018: Authority revoked (legacy record) Official source
  14. Oct 5, 2016: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  15. Oct 3, 2016: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

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

    Official source
  16. Oct 16, 2013: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  17. Sep 4, 2013: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

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

    Official source
  18. Nov 2, 2010: Revocation proceeding discontinued (legacy record) Official source
  19. Nov 1, 2010: Revocation proceeding notice (legacy record)

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

    Official source
  20. Oct 4, 2000: 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 Tennessee

620 freight brokers in the dataset are in Tennessee; 39 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Tennessee

Authority status (all 620 here): Suspended 3 (<1%) · Active 584 (94%) · Application pending 29 (5%) · Application withdrawn 4 (<1%)

Recent change (all 620 here): Application filed (last 14 days) 8 (1%) · New authority (last 14 days) 1 (<1%) · Reinstated (last 30 days) 1 (<1%) · Suspended or revoked (last 30 days) 1 (<1%) · None on record 609 (98%)

Authority age (all 620 in this group): 10+ years (265) · 3–10 years (179) · 1–3 years (69) · 3–12 months (55) · 1–3 months (10) · Under 30 days (8) · None on record (34)

City, state (all 620 in this group): Memphis, Tennessee (101) · Chattanooga, Tennessee (56) · Nashville, Tennessee (48) · Knoxville, Tennessee (41) · Murfreesboro, Tennessee (17) · Franklin, Tennessee (16) · 149 other values (341)

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