FMCSA driver screening

Hire safe drivers. Screen in minutes.

PSP, MVR, CDL verification, criminal, and the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse — one screening, built for FMCSA hiring. Send an invite, the driver consents, and X3 hands you a clean hire / review / no-hire read tied to 49 CFR 391.

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FCRA-compliant consent Most results in minutes DQ-file ready

Screening

SAMPLE

Candidate: J. Mercer

DOT Complete · CDL-A applicant

CLEAR

eligible to hire

PSP reportClear

MVR & CDL1 minor

CriminalClear

D&A ClearinghouseNo record

X3 takeaway: Eligible to hire under 49 CFR 391. One minor moving violation — note it in the DQ file and consider monitoring.

Illustrative sample · real screenings run through a credentialed CRA partner

5

checks in one driver screening

391

the CFR part hiring has to satisfy

min

to results on most checks

3 yr

of PSP roadside & crash history

The situation

The wrong hire is the most expensive truck you own.

Driver hiring under 49 CFR 391 isn’t one check — it’s a stack of them, each from a different system, each with its own consent and deadline. Skip one and you’ve got an unqualified driver on your authority and a hole in your DQ file.

Five systems, five logins, five chances to miss something.

PSP from FMCSA, the MVR from the state, CDL verification, a criminal search, and a Clearinghouse query — all separate. Stitching them together by hand is slow and easy to get wrong.

Consent done wrong is its own liability.

Each report is a consumer report under the FCRA. Bundle the disclosure into the application, skip the standalone authorization, or fumble adverse action, and a bad hire turns into a lawsuit on top of a safety problem.

An auditor will ask for all of it.

A new-entrant audit or compliance review wants the complete DQ file for every driver. “We ran it but I can’t find it” counts as not running it. The paper trail matters as much as the check.

A semi truck on the highway at golden hour

One invite. One consent. One clean read on whether to put them in the seat.

Screen a driver Per screening. No subscription required.

How it works

Invite. Consent. Screen. Decide.

You send one invite. The driver consents once. Every check runs in parallel and comes back as a single plain-English read.

01

Send the invite

Enter the candidate’s name and email and pick a package. They get a secure link — no paper application to chase, no data for you to key in.

02

Driver consents (once)

The candidate reads the FCRA disclosure, e-signs the authorization, and enters their info directly with our credentialed screening partner. The signed consent is captured and stored on their side — not on your desk.

03

Every check runs at once

PSP, MVR, CDL verification, criminal, and a Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse query run in parallel. Most come back in minutes; the slower ones land as they finish, in one place.

04

Get a clean read & a DQ file

X3 rolls it into a single hire / review / no-hire read tied to 49 CFR 391, with adverse-action steps if you need them — and files everything into a clean, audit-ready DQ record.

Packages

Pick the depth. Pay per driver.

Government and report fees vary and are passed through at cost. Pricing shown is illustrative.

Basic

$39/ driver

The essentials to qualify a driver.

MVR + CDL verification
SSN trace & ID check
Hosted FCRA consent
Plain-English X3 read

Consent, permissible purpose, adverse action — handled.

Every report in a screening is a consumer report under the FCRA. The candidate’s standalone disclosure and written authorization are captured and stored by our credentialed screening partner. The carrier — as the employer with a permissible purpose under the DPPA — certifies that purpose; X3 runs the workflow on your behalf.

Standalone FCRA disclosure — never buried in the application, e-signed before any report runs.
Clearinghouse consent — the driver’s specific or limited-query consent is captured the right way.
Adverse-action workflow — pre- and post-adverse-action notices and the waiting period, handled by the book.

Hosted candidate screening

DOT Complete — consent & info

Consumer reports (PSP, MVR, criminal) and a Clearinghouse query will be obtained about you for employment purposes.

I have read and authorize the disclosure above.

Sign here — e-signature field

Screening-partner module mounts here

Questions

Straight answers.

What’s the difference from X3 MVR?

X3 MVR is specifically the driving record and ongoing monitoring. X3 Background is the full pre-employment screening — PSP, criminal, CDL, Clearinghouse — for the hiring decision. They’re built to pair.

Do you query the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse?

DOT Complete captures the driver’s Clearinghouse consent and runs the pre-employment query. For an existing fleet, the + Monitor package captures limited-query consent for the annual check.

How does the candidate enter their info?

Through a secure hosted form from our credentialed screening partner. They read the disclosure, authorize, and enter their own details — nothing for you to key in or store.

What if I have to turn someone down?

If you take adverse action based on a report, X3 walks you through the FCRA pre- and post-adverse-action steps and provides the required notices and copies.