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The Franklin & Sons Group LLC

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, The Franklin & Sons Group LLC in Chesapeake, Virginia has broker authority status “Active”, in force since Jul 31, 2026, with 0 suspensions or revocations on record.

948 Fox Ridge Trl, Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 (757) 296-0852

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

The Franklin & Sons Group LLC (MC1813523, USDOT 4554581), doing business as A&a Transportation, is a freight broker of property based in Chesapeake, Virginia. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: authority granted on July 31, 2026. The current authority has been in force since July 31, 2026. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Amherst National Insurance Company, effective April 2026, filed with FMCSA on April 8, 2026.

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of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn.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 1–3 months 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 0 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 No Yes means the same docket also holds active motor carrier of property authority. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Doing business as A&a Transportation source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
USDOT number 4554581 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Interstate Authority LLC source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Authority granted source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Jul 31, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Jul 31, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Jul 31, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Apr 9, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Apr 8, 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.

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

    Interstate Authority LLC; 229 N Service Rd Ste 2, Moore, OK, 73160-4947; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. Jul 31, 2026: Authority granted Official source
  3. Apr 9, 2026: Bond effective date recorded

    Jet Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  4. Apr 8, 2026: Bond filing recorded

    Amherst National Insurance Company; 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 Virginia

404 freight brokers in the dataset are in Virginia; 29 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Virginia

Authority status (all 404 here): Suspended 4 (<1%) · Active 370 (92%) · Application pending 21 (5%) · Application withdrawn 9 (2%)

Recent change (all 404 here): Application filed (last 14 days) 3 (<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 398 (99%)

Authority age (all 404 in this group): 10+ years (130) · 3–10 years (112) · 1–3 years (64) · 3–12 months (46) · 1–3 months (9) · Under 30 days (7) · None on record (36)

City, state (all 404 in this group): Chesapeake, Virginia (23) · Richmond, Virginia (21) · Norfolk, Virginia (18) · Alexandria, Virginia (13) · Virginia Beach, Virginia (13) · Ashburn, Virginia (11) · 127 other values (305)

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Something wrong or out of date? How corrections work. Source record ID MC1813523.