CHIEF TRANSIT LINES INC
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Broker payment signals
Bond, cancellation & authority risk for this broker — from free FMCSA records.
- No active broker bond on file — a bond is required to operate. High non-payment risk.
- Broker authority is inactive, not active.
These are FMCSA bond & authority signals — not a credit report. A filed bond cancellation is the biggest early warning that a broker may stop paying, but days-to-pay and slow-pay history aren’t public FMCSA data — verify those with a broker-credit service or references before extending terms.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
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Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- RUSSELL HEHL
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2004-03-25
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2005-09-13
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 leased/term tractors.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, phone numbers, officers or emails with 22 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
17 events- 10/21/2006Insurance cancelled — EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CL482842
- 09/16/2006Insurance cancelled — EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CL482842
- 08/01/2006Insurance cancelled — UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON
CARGO · policy GEP5314
- 07/01/2006Insurance replaced — EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CL482842
- 09/13/2005MCS-150 update filed
- 08/01/2005Insurance cancelled — UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON
CARGO · policy GEP5195
- 07/05/2005COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/28/2005)
- 06/08/2005Insurance cancelled — UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON
CARGO · policy GEP5194
- 05/26/2005MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (09/14/2005)
- 05/23/2005Insurance name changed — EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CL482842
- 05/05/2005Insurance cancelled — 1ST SECURITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
TRUST FUND · policy NONE
- 05/04/2005MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (09/14/2005)
- 04/25/2005Insurance replaced — EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CL482842
- 08/01/2004Insurance replaced — UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON
CARGO · policy GEP5194
- 07/02/2004PROPERTY BROKER — GRANTED
REVOKED (03/25/2005)
- 05/05/2004MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — DISMISSED
- 03/25/2004Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2005-09-13
- Reported mileage
- —
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