North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 2 › Article 3 - RENTED OR LEASED VEHICLES › Section 11 R02-08-1 - APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION; TRANSFERS, AND NOTICE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) For New Applications.
(1) Application to operate as a common
				  carrier of household goods must be made on forms furnished by the Commission,
				  and all the required exhibits must be attached to and made a part of the
				  application. The original and three (3) complete copies of the application,
				  including exhibits, must be filed with the Commission with a fourth copy for
				  the Public Staff's Transportation Division.
(2) The application shall be signed and sworn
				  to by the applicant. If the applicant is a partnership, one partner may sign
				  and verify for all; but the names and addresses of all partners must appear in
				  the application and a certified copy of the partnership agreement, as filed in
				  the county wherein the principal office of the partnership is located, must be
				  filed with the Commission. Trade names will not be allowed unless the names and
				  addresses of all owners are given. If the applicant is a corporation, a duly
				  authorized officer of the corporation must verify the application. The names
				  and addresses of all principals including the directors and officers for the
				  corporation or member-managers and nonmember managers for an LLC must be given
				  and a certified copy of the corporate charter filed with the application. This
				  does not alleviate the responsibility that all the partners or principals are
				  required to individually submit completed "Authority for Release of
				  Information" forms allowing use of principal's fingerprints for a criminal
				  history records check, pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  114-19.32, and citizen certifications or
				  employment authorization as set forth in Rule R2-8.1(a)(3)(F and G).
(3) Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  62-261(8), the applicant
				  shall provide proof or certification of the following:
a. That the applicant is fit, willing, and
				  able to properly provide the transportation of household goods in intrastate
				  commerce and has a reasonable and adequate knowledge of the moving
				  industry;
b. That the applicant is
				  financially solvent and able to furnish adequate service on a continuing basis,
				  including adequate insurance protection, maintenance of safe, dependable
				  equipment, and the financial ability to settle any damage claims for which it
				  is liable;
c. That the applicant
				  maintains minimum limits of liability insurance coverage of
				  $100,000/$300,000/$50,000, or such higher amount as may be required by federal
				  law, and cargo insurance coverage of $35,000/$50,000; and
d. That the applicant maintains a minimum
				  amount of $50,000 general liability insurance coverage.
e. That the applicant certifies that only
				  persons possessing valid driver's licenses will operate the motor vehicles that
				  will be used for transporting household goods;
f. That the applicant or each of its
				  partners/principals shall submit (i) a completed Fingerprint Card with
				  fingerprints that have been taken and imprinted by a law enforcement agency;
				  (ii) a completed "Authority for Release of Information" form signed by
				  principal consenting to use of his or her fingerprints for a criminal history
				  records check; (iii) a money order or cashier's check in the amount due for
				  criminal history records checks ($38.00 per principal or as subsequently
				  modified by the Commission), made payable to the "North Carolina Department of
				  Commerce/Utilities Commission," to cover the Commission's direct cost of
				  obtaining a criminal history records check; and
g. That the applicant or all its
				  partners/principals certifies that he or she (1) is a United States citizen or
				  (2) if not a United States citizen, to submit employment authorization
				  document(s) proving legal status to work within the United States.