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When will my new entrant safety audit happen?
Enter the date you started operating under your USDOT number. We'll show the window FMCSA works in, the federal deadline, and when your 18-month new entrant period ends.
Get ready before the notice arrives
- Drug & alcohol program in place, with a pre-employment test result before anyone drove
- Clearinghouse registration and queries done for every CDL driver
- A complete driver qualification file for every driver — including yourself
- Records of duty status (ELD logs) and supporting documents kept
- Annual inspections and maintenance records for every truck
- Proof of insurance on file and an accident register
Dates are estimates based on 49 CFR 385.307 and 49 U.S.C. 31144(g). FMCSA schedules each audit; your actual date may differ.
Want us to check you're audit-ready?
We run a mock audit against the same checklist FMCSA uses and tell you exactly what to fix.