What screening packages do you offer?

Five packages spanning the full DOT pre-hire stack. (1) MVR Basic — $40, single Motor Vehicle Record, best for non-CDL drivers and §391.25 annual reviews. (2) MVR + CDLIS — $60, adds the AAMVA cross-state CDL check required at every CDL hire under §391.23. (3) DOT Hire-Ready — $80, adds FMCSA PSP (5-yr crash + 3-yr inspection history) for candidate vetting before formal hire. (4) DOT Pre-Employment — $100, the full pre-hire stack: MVR + CDLIS + PSP + FMCSA Clearinghouse pre-employment query (mandatory under §382.701(a) before a CDL driver's first dispatch). (5) Annual Refresh — $60, MVR + Clearinghouse limited annual query for §382.701(b) recurring compliance.

How much does a single MVR cost?

A single MVR is $40 flat (MVR Basic package). No per-state surcharges, no sign-up fees, no monthly minimums. Same-day digital delivery from the issuing-state DMV.

Which package do I need before hiring a CDL driver?

DOT Pre-Employment ($100). FMCSA requires four reports before a CDL driver's first dispatch — MVR (§391.23), CDLIS (§391.23(a)(1)), PSP, and a Clearinghouse pre-employment query (§382.701(a)) — and DOT Pre-Employment bundles all four. Buying anything cheaper means you still need the missing pieces before the driver can legally operate.

What is the difference between DOT Hire-Ready and DOT Pre-Employment?

DOT Hire-Ready ($80) gives you MVR + CDLIS + PSP — three reports you can pull without driver Clearinghouse consent. It's the candidate-vetting step. DOT Pre-Employment ($100) adds the FMCSA Clearinghouse pre-employment query, which requires the driver to e-sign a consent through the FMCSA Clearinghouse portal. The Clearinghouse query is the report you legally need before a CDL driver's first dispatch.

How does Annual Refresh work?

Annual Refresh ($60) bundles a yearly MVR (for §391.25 driver record review) with a Clearinghouse limited annual query (for §382.701(b) recurring compliance). Run it on every CDL driver every 12 months and your annual driver-side compliance is done in one click. It's a one-time charge, not a subscription — buy it again next year when the driver's anniversary rolls around.

How quickly will I get the report?

MVR, CDLIS, and PSP come back in minutes. The FMCSA Clearinghouse query lands within 1 business day after the driver e-signs consent in the Clearinghouse portal — that's the FMCSA system's response time, not ours. We email each report the moment it's delivered.

What information is on an MVR?

A Motor Vehicle Record lists the driver's license status, class and endorsements, expiration, restrictions, accidents, citations, suspensions, withdrawals, and any actions taken against the license over the FMCSA-required look-back period. It is the document you keep in the DQ File for §391.25 annual reviews.

What does the FMCSA Clearinghouse query show?

The pre-employment Clearinghouse query (limited consent) returns whether the driver has any unresolved drug or alcohol program violations on file in the FMCSA Clearinghouse — the federal database every CDL employer must check before hiring. The driver e-signs consent in their FMCSA Clearinghouse account and the query lands within 1 business day. Annual Refresh uses the same limited-consent query for the §382.701(b) recurring check.

What is PSP and why include it?

PSP — the FMCSA Pre-Employment Screening Program — is a federally-maintained database of every commercial driver's 5-year crash history and 3-year roadside-inspection history. It catches patterns (repeated HOS violations, brake-system failures, OOS orders) that a clean MVR would never surface. Both DOT Hire-Ready and DOT Pre-Employment include it.

Do I need the driver's consent before pulling these reports?

Yes — different consents for different reports. MVR + CDLIS need a written DPPA + FCRA driver authorization (our checkout collects this). PSP needs a written FMCSA-form consent (also collected at checkout). The FMCSA Clearinghouse query uses a digital handshake — the driver creates a Clearinghouse account at clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov and approves your query in their portal. Packages that include any Clearinghouse component require this digital consent before we run the report.

What if the driver's license is from a state your service does not cover?

We cover all 50 states + D.C. Some states (e.g., Pennsylvania, Washington) require an extra step the system handles automatically. You see one package price — no per-state surcharges — regardless of issuing state.

What is the Driver Qualification (DQ) File?

A DQ File is the federally-required folder of documents every motor carrier must keep on each commercial driver they employ. It includes the application, MVRs, road test, medical card, drug-test records, and supervisor reviews. 49 CFR §391.51 spells out the contents.

What does the $25 DQ File template add-on include?

The same DQ File our compliance team uses internally to onboard drivers, packaged as a fillable PDF + editable Word doc. Includes the application for employment, road-test certificate, MVR review form, drug & alcohol consent, prior-employer verification, annual review checklist, and the driver certification of violations. Fill in the gaps for each driver and you have an audit-ready §391.51 file in minutes — without rebuilding the form from scratch every time.

Is the DQ File template a one-time purchase or per-driver?

One-time. You buy it once, save it, and reuse the template for every driver you onboard. We email a fillable PDF and an editable Word doc the moment your order completes.

Who needs to pull MVRs and run CDLIS checks?

Every motor carrier that employs commercial drivers - both CDL and most non-CDL commercial drivers. FMCSA requires an MVR before hiring (49 CFR §391.23) and an annual review (49 CFR §391.25). CDLIS is required for CDL holders under §391.23(a)(1).

Are the reports admissible for FMCSA audits?

Yes. We pull from the same state DMV, AAMVA CDLIS, FMCSA PSP, and FMCSA Clearinghouse sources used by enterprise screening services. The PDFs we deliver carry the issuing-source header and timestamp FMCSA auditors expect to see in the DQ File.

Can I run an MVR on a driver who is not yet hired?

Yes - that is the most common use case. A pre-hire MVR is required by §391.23 before the first day of operation. As long as you have the driver's signed consent, you can run the report.

What is the §382.701(a) Clearinghouse pre-employment query rule?

Since January 6, 2020, FMCSA requires every motor carrier to run a Clearinghouse pre-employment query on each CDL driver before that driver's first dispatch (49 CFR §382.701(a)). The query checks the federal Clearinghouse database for any unresolved drug or alcohol program violations on the driver's record. Operating a CDL driver without the query on file is a documented violation — the DOT Pre-Employment package handles it.

What is the §382.701(b) annual Clearinghouse query?

In addition to the pre-employment query, FMCSA requires every motor carrier to run a limited-consent Clearinghouse query on each CDL driver every 12 months (49 CFR §382.701(b)). The Annual Refresh package bundles this with the §391.25 annual MVR review so a year's worth of recurring driver compliance happens in one click.

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For Construction Companies

Driver screening for construction CMV operators

Construction companies running dump trucks, water trucks, lowboys, mixers, and tractor-lowboy combos cross the FMCSA threshold the moment a CDL-class truck leaves the yard onto a public highway in interstate commerce. FastDriverScreening sells per-driver MVR + CDLIS pulls at $60 and the full DOT Pre-Employment bundle at $100 — same-day delivery, no SaaS contract.

When §391 attaches to construction work

49 CFR §390.3 applies the FMCSRs to any CMV operated in interstate commerce. The Class A / Class B thresholds (26,001 lbs GVWR for Class B, plus the trailer-weight tests for Class A) are the trigger — a tandem-axle dump truck grossing 50,000 lbs operating from a Tennessee yard to a Kentucky job site falls inside §391, full stop. That means MVR + CDLIS at hire, the §391.23 pre-employment investigation, the §391.25 annual review, and a §391.51 DQ file maintained per driver.

Pure intrastate work is governed by state law — most states have adopted §391 by reference, often with a narrow short-haul construction exception that still requires MVR and CDL maintenance on the driver. Read the non-CDL vs CDL screening guide for where the lines are.

The seasonal headcount problem

Construction crews flex with the season — a fleet that runs 12 dump-truck drivers from April through October may scale to 4 in the off-season. The §391.23 pre-employment packet has to clear before each driver gets a key. Pulling MVR + CDLIS as a per-pull line item ($60 each) absorbs the seasonal ramp without locking the company into a year-round per-seat compliance platform contract that mostly sits idle November through March. A 12-driver seasonal fleet running spring-summer turnover lands at roughly $1,000 to $1,500 a year in pre-hire MVR pulls plus the same again in §391.25 annual reviews — a line item, not a SaaS bill.

Clearinghouse on CDL drivers

CDL drivers operating CMVs subject to §382 — which is essentially every CDL hauling cargo on a public highway in interstate commerce — fall inside the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse rule. §382.701(a) requires a pre-employment Clearinghouse query before first dispatch; §382.701(b) requires an annual limited query each year of employment. The DOT Pre-Employment package ($100) bundles the §382.701(a) query into the same hire packet as the MVR + CDLIS + PSP. See the Clearinghouse pre-employment walkthrough or the CDLIS vs Clearinghouse comparison for what each query returns.

What’s included in our service

State MVR (3-year history) on every named driver
AAMVA CDLIS cross-state CDL/CLP lookup
FMCSA PSP (5-yr crash + 3-yr inspection history) on the bundle
FMCSA Clearinghouse §382.701(a) pre-employment query for CDL hires
FCRA + DPPA consent templates
Same-day digital delivery during DMV business hours
Optional DQ File template for §391.51 recordkeeping ($25)

How fast can we run a screening

Most state MVRs return in under 60 seconds. CDLIS is real-time. The full DOT Pre-Employment bundle clears inside 5 minutes during business hours — fast enough that a Monday-morning hire can be on a job site Tuesday with a clean §391.23 packet on file.

Pricing for construction companies

Pay per driver. Seasonal-fleet friendly.

MVR Basic (single state)$40
MVR + CDLIS$60
DOT Hire-Ready (adds PSP)$80
DOT Pre-Employment (adds Clearinghouse)$100
Optional DQ File template+$25

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Same-day delivery

FMCSA §391.23 / §391.25 admissible

Per-driver invoicing

Construction company FAQs

When does FMCSA driver screening apply to a construction company?

When the construction company operates a CDL-class CMV in interstate commerce on a public highway. The threshold is GVWR/GCWR 26,001 lbs+ for Class B, plus the trailer-weight tests for Class A. A dump truck driving from a Tennessee yard to a Kentucky job site is interstate commerce — full 49 CFR §391 driver qualification applies, including pre-hire MVR + CDLIS and the §391.25 annual review.

What about intrastate-only construction work?

Most states have adopted federal §391 by reference for intrastate CDL drivers, often with limited exceptions for short-haul construction. The state DMV and the state DOT are the controlling authorities — but in practice, almost every state requires the same MVR pull and DQ-file maintenance for any CDL-class truck operating on the state highway system.

Do non-CDL pickup-truck drivers need screening?

Not under FMCSA §391 if the truck is below the CDL threshold and the driver isn't in the CDL pool. But the company still has insurance-driven motor-vehicle-record requirements — most commercial auto carriers require an MVR before adding a driver to the policy. A $40 MVR Basic is the cleanest way to clear that requirement on a non-CDL fleet.

Other industries we screen

You might also need

Oversize/heavy-haul trip permits for lowboys — FastPermitFiling
Form 2290 HVUT for heavy CMVs — Fast2290Filing