L A X EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 3663876MC-Docket MC1391212CLINTON, NC
Review before tendering5 power units
L A X EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3663876) in CLINTON, NC — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2022-08-10 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY) was filed 26 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-08-04) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 6 times, most recent 2025-08-04 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 1.76
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.92
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
26
Inspections
14
OOS inspections
23
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 5
- Total drivers
- 5
- Years in business
- 5
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 13.8%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 52.2%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 6 times last 2025-08-04
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-10-07
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2022-08-10
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
42
Inspections
18
OOS inspections
85
Violations
32
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-01 → 2026-05-08.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-01-17
SC
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
34 | 14 | 2026-03-31 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
11 | 3 | 2025-10-02 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
5 | 2 | 2025-10-07 |
CDL standards 383
|
3 | 3 | 2025-10-28 |
General safety regulations 390
|
3 | 0 | 2025-06-29 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 2 | 2025-10-28 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | OOS |
| 2026-03-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-01-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-12-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-10-28 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-10-28 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate. | OOS |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-10-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Axle positioning parts defective/missing | OOS |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | OOS |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | OOS |
| 2025-08-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-06-29 | Driver Fitness | No tank vehicle endorsement on CDL | OOS |
| 2025-06-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Non-compliance with headlamp requirements | — |
| 2025-06-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-03-19 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-03-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-03-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | All required lamps on towed vehicle inoperative due to no electrical connection | OOS |
| 2025-03-19 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate. Previously Cited on [DATE] | OOS |
| 2025-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Power steering violations | — |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2024-06-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Solid item lodged between dual tires | OOS |
| 2024-06-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - Discharging at a point forward or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment | OOS |
| 2024-06-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2024-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 22 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-03-31 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | OOS | — |
2026-01-30 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-12-01 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
2025-10-28 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41(a) | OOS | — |
2025-10-07 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9BA-INACTIVEINTRA | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2MI | — | — |
2025-10-02 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9BA-INACTIVEINTRA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C | — | — |
2025-08-18 7 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | OOS | — |
2025-08-06 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-06-29 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 24A | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 93B3 | OOS | — |
2025-06-11 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-03-19 4 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 23PT | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41(a)-FPC | OOS | — |
2025-02-04 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2024-06-30 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83(g) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 7(a) | OOS | — |
2024-06-26 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
2024-06-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(b) | — | — |
2024-03-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
2024-02-26 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51 | OOS | — |
2024-02-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-11-22 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 81 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2023-09-05 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2023-08-31 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
2023-06-01 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30 | — | — |
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