Carrier profile · USDOT 729449 · MC-706457 · FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026

Professional Courier & Newspaper Distribution

185 power unitsavg 7.7 yrRegional · 5 statesFRESNO, CA70/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-706457 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

185Power units

73 observed · MCS-150

16Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.7Avg age (yr)

2002–2026 · vPIC

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 2

Established 29 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1998.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 352 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

185 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.7 yr

Model years 2002–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

335 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

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

Safety

189 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Sep 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 9.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 161 vehicle and 182 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 3.1 pts 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

184 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 18

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 185-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 185
Inspections · 24 mo: 189
Annualized: ≈95 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving112 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance48 · 5 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 7 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Monterey’11–’14

Mitsui Sumitomo’14–’17

Protective’19–’24

2011201520192023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	6
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2019 → Dec 2024	$750K	6
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2017 → Jul 2018	$750K	5
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	Nov 2014 → Nov 2017	$750K	1
MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2011 → Nov 2014	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Sep 10, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 185
Observed power (24 mo): 73
Trailers (towed): 16

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

79.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Sep 17, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

187

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 176 inspections
Nevada: 8 inspections
Arizona: 2 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections

Home base

FRESNO, CA

408 SOUTH TEILMAN AVENUE

Top corridor

CA 176 · NV 8 · AZ 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Sep 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3390764 USDOT 16130Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (27 trucks · 34 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3248782 USDOT 3426302 USDOT 3550628 USDOT 3956602 USDOT 16130 USDOT 48357 USDOT 393234 USDOT 2917143

Shares a company officer with other carriers

scott wilcox — 5 carriers: USDOT 2202567 USDOT 2591623 USDOT 3140804 USDOT 3248047

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

185

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Sep 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 408 SOUTH TEILMAN AVENUE, FRESNO, CA, 93706
Mailing address: 10786 HWY 41, MADERA, CA, 93638
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (559) 496-3370
Fax: (559) 497-5429
Email: admin@procouriers.net
Web domain: procouriers.net

Registration

Officer: Scott Wilcox
USDOT / docket: 729449 · MC-706457
First registered: Feb 11, 1998
Last MCS-150: Jan 30, 2026 · 6,740,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

185

Power units

149

Drivers

CDL drivers

6,740,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Sep 3, 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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10%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

16 of 161 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

202violation records

24OOS-tagged records

16 of 161inspections 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.

Unsafe driving

803%2 / 80

Other vehicle maintenance

5118%9 / 51

Lights

258%2 / 25

Brakes

229%2 / 22

Hours of service

1527%4 / 15

Driver fitness

667%4 / 6

Other / unclassified

333%1 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

9%Oct 24 to Apr 254 / 46

14%Apr 25 to Oct 257 / 50

9%Oct 25 to Apr 263 / 32

6%Apr 26 to Oct 262 / 33

Top 3 codes (64 of 202 records)

392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)45
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection11
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components8

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392.2-SLLUCR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps7
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.201C-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)4
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects4
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects4
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed4
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle3
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.201B-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)3
393.203B-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)3
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators3
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps3
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps3
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak3
376.11D1 Other violation2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL2
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle2
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate2
392.2-SLLDL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
382.15-SSF Controlled substances / alcohol1
390.21TE2IV-D USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.11A-QMC Driver not qualified1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9BA-NOREGINTRA Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.17A1-LRLDWR Lamps/reflectors on projecting loads1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207B-AALPME Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.30-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.78(a) Windshield wipers1
393.86B2-RIG Rear impact guard / bumper1
393.95A3 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8(f)(11) Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8(k)(2) Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8D10-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8D4-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17(c) Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-BARS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-F Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.9D2-FTF Inspection of motor vehicles in operation1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION.

PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION (USDOT 729449) has a Vektor safety score of 70/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available. FMCSA insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 9.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier received 189 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 161 vehicle-level and 182 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier has 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

It reports 185 power units and 149 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 30, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION's USDOT number?

PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION's USDOT number is 729449, and its motor carrier number is MC-706457.

Is PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026. PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION's safety record?

PROFESSIONAL COURIER & NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION has a 9.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 352 roadside inspections, with 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 70/100 (tier: review).