The Owner's Manual for running your authority

    You got the authority. Nobody sent the manual. This is it.

    50 subjects, written out plain. Every one names the exact section of law it came from, so when a broker short-pays you or an auditor asks, you have something to hand them.

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    $9.99 a month. Cancel anytime.

    Anybody can tell you what a rule means. Almost nobody can prove it.

    You can get a regulation explained for free in about ten seconds. Type it into any assistant and something confident comes back. That works right up until the moment somebody disagrees with you about money.

    Then the question changes. It stops being what does this mean and becomes says who. A broker holding your invoice does not care what you understood. He wants the section number, and he wants to read it himself.

    Every guide in here ends with the rule it came from, and the official document sits underneath it, unedited. You are not paying for the explanation. You are paying to be able to prove it.

    What one guide actually gives you

    A broker has not paid you in ninety days and has stopped answering. The getting-paid guide tells you how long you have to sue for that freight bill and what your paperwork has to show. Then it names the section of law that says so, and puts the document under it.

    That last part is what changes the phone call. You are no longer a carrier who is upset. You are a carrier quoting the rule, and they can hear the difference.

    The law is free. The part somebody had to write is the membership.

    We did not put the regulations behind a paywall. They are public and they should stay that way. Everybody has the regulations. Almost nobody has somebody who wrote out what they mean when it is your truck.

    Free with an account

    • Every official document in the library, word for word
    • Search and filter the whole thing
    • The history of a rule, back to 1887

    The Owner's Manual, $9.99 a month

    Everything above, plus:

    • 50 guides that explain a whole subject in plain English
    • Every answer carries the section of law it came from
    • Type your problem the way you would say it out loud, and land on the answer
    • Download any guide as a PDF

    Every subject in the manual

    50 written guides. Every one of them is here because it has cost a carrier real money.

    • Drug & Alcohol
    • Cargo Claims & Loss
    • Hours of Service
    • Driver Qualification
    • Hazardous Materials
    • Insurance & Bonds
    • Authority & Registration
    • Operating Authority
    • Broker Compliance
    • Carrier Vetting & Fraud
    • Freight Contracts & Documents
    • Getting Paid
    • CDL & Driver Training
    • Vehicle Maintenance & DVIR
    • Cargo Securement
    • CSA / SMS & Safety Ratings
    • Compliance Calendar & Renewals
    • Weight & Size Limits
    • Rates & Tariffs
    • Household Goods Moves
    • Labor & Employment
    • Customs & Border
    • Security
    • Taxes & Fees
    • Environmental
    • Antitrust & Competition
    • Business Entity & Formation
    • Broker-Shipper Agreements
    • Proof of Delivery & OS&D
    • New Entrant Audit & Authority Status
    • Released Value & Liability Limits
    • Roadside Inspections & Out-of-Service
    • Reefer, Cold-Chain & FSMA
    • Oversize / Overweight Permits
    • Detention, Demurrage & Accessorials
    • Truth-in-Leasing & Lease-On
    • Dispatch Services & the Broker Line
    • Ocean Intermediaries (OTI / NVOCC)
    • NMFC Freight Classification & LTL
    • Intermodal, Drayage & Chassis
    • DataQs, Audits & Enforcement
    • Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
    • Regulated & Restricted Commodities
    • Broker & Shipper Bankruptcy & Clawbacks
    • Warehousing, 3PL, Bailment & Bonded/FTZ Storage
    • PACA & Perishable Produce
    • Freight-Charge Disputes & the 18-Month Clock
    • 1099s, W-9s & Contractor Tax Reporting
    • Hiring & Onboarding a Driver
    • Auto-Transport & Car-Hauling

    What it costs

    $9.99 a month, taxes included

    One price, however many trucks you run. No setup fee and no contract. Cancel from your own billing page.

    Get the Owner's Manual

    Making the account is free, and the law is readable the moment you are in.

    Questions people ask first

    What is the Owner's Manual?

    A written guide to each of the 50 subjects that decide whether you get paid and whether you keep your authority. Each one says what the rule is, what it means for a real truck, then what to do about it. It names the section of law it came from and puts the official document underneath.

    Why pay for this when an AI will explain a regulation for free?

    Ask one and you get an answer that sounds right, and sometimes a citation that does not exist. That is fine until somebody disagrees with you about money. These are written once and checked against the official document, which is right there to hand over.

    Is any of it free?

    Yes. Make a free account and every official document in the library is readable word for word, searchable and filterable. The $9.99 membership adds the 50 written guides, plus the search that routes your question to the right one and the PDF download.

    Can I cancel?

    Any time, from the billing page in your portal. Taxes are included in the $9.99, and there is no contract or setup fee.

    The Owner's Manual is general regulatory reference. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace a lawyer when you are in a fight.

    The other memberships

    My Compliance

    Your deadlines, your drivers and your FMCSA record, watched for you. $14.99 a month, plus $5.99 for each truck after the first.

    Drug & Alcohol Consortium

    The random testing pool every CDL driver has to be in. From $85 a year.

    Every membership is billed to the same account and cancels from the same page. See everything else we do if you still need your authority filed.