Carrier profile · USDOT 2357257 · MC-816857 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

Mail Services LLC

5 power unitsavg 1.8 yrRegional · 3 statesURBANDALE, IA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-816857 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

1.8Avg age (yr)

2024–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(515) 727-7700 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average9.1% vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2012.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

1.8 yr

Model years 2024–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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4 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 22, 2026.

Safety

11 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '26 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’18 · 1 insurer · 0 lapsesContinuous

Depositors’13–now

2013201720212025now

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · DEPOSITORS INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2018

All 1 insurer era · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
DEPOSITORS INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2013 → May 2018	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 14, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 0

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

1.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2024

Oldest model yr

80.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 14, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Iowa: 9 inspections
Minnesota: 1 inspections

Home base

URBANDALE, IA

4100 121ST STREET

Most inspections: IA

9 inspections

IA 9 · MN 1

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 14, 2026

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jerry porter — 8 carriers: USDOT 476153 USDOT 2039040 USDOT 2101266 USDOT 2127513 USDOT 2178834 USDOT 2437431 USDOT 3680092

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 14, 2026

Location

Physical address: 4100 121ST STREET, URBANDALE, IA, 50323
Mailing address: 4100 121ST ST, URBANDALE, IA, 50323
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (515) 727-7700
Fax: (515) 246-1248
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: mailserviceslc.com

Registration

Officers: Jerry Porter · Shayne Huston
USDOT / docket: 2357257 · MC-816857
First registered: Nov 14, 2012
Last MCS-150: Jun 25, 2025 · 189,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

189,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 14, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

0 of 10 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

10violation records

2OOS-tagged records

0 of 10inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Hours of service

40%0 / 4

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Unsafe driving

20%0 / 2

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Other vehicle maintenance

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%Stable

15%

30%

0%Oct 24 to Apr 250 / 3

0%Apr 25 to Oct 250 / 1

0%Oct 25 to Apr 260 / 2

0%Apr 26 to Oct 260 / 4

Top 3 codes (4 of 10 records)

392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1

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393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
395.8F12-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection1

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Hours of service

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Driver fitness

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for MAIL SERVICES LLC.

MAIL SERVICES LLC (USDOT 2357257) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from DEPOSITORS INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 5, 2018 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier received 11 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 10 vehicle-level and 11 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 7 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 25, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MAIL SERVICES LLC's USDOT number?

MAIL SERVICES LLC's USDOT number is 2357257, and its motor carrier number is MC-816857.

Is MAIL SERVICES LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026. MAIL SERVICES LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MAIL SERVICES LLC's safety record?

MAIL SERVICES LLC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 15 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).