Your inspection, what it does to your record, and the paperwork to contest it

A roadside inspection with violations counts in your safety score for 24 months and stays on the driver's PSP report for 3 years. If something on it is wrong, you can ask the state to correct it through DataQs, FMCSA's free review system. The DataQs Request Pack prepares that request for one inspection.

Get the pack: US$19 See a sample pack

One payment in U.S. dollars, no subscription. Delivered by email as a PDF, usually within 15 minutes.

What is in the pack

• Your inspection as FMCSA's record shows it: report number, place, time, each unit, each violation, and any ticket number recorded with it.
• What each violation does to your safety score, and the dates on which its weight drops and it stops counting.
• The situations in which a record can be corrected, in plain words, and the ones that do not qualify.
• Request wording with your report details filled in for each situation that can apply. You fill in what only you know.
• The evidence to attach for each situation.
• The steps to file it on FMCSA's DataQs site, and your review dates.

How it works

1. You pay US$19 and give your USDOT number and the inspection report number.
2. The pack arrives by email, prepared from your inspection as it appears in FMCSA's public data.
3. You file the request yourself on FMCSA's DataQs site. Filing is free.

When a request can succeed

DataQs corrects records that are wrong. FMCSA's rule is that the burden of proof rests entirely with the person asking: you need a fact and the document that proves it. The situations that qualify:

• A ticket was written and the court dismissed it, found the driver not guilty, or reduced it to a different charge.
• The inspection is not yours: the truck was not running under your USDOT number that day.
• A violation does not match the facts, or the rule cited does not apply to your vehicle or operation.
• The report has wrong information on it: date, place, plate, VIN, unit.
• The same inspection is listed twice.

A repair made after the inspection, or a fine that has been paid, does not qualify.

The time limits since September 18, 2026

For requests filed since September 18, 2026 the state must open the request within 7 days and decide within 21 days. You then have 30 days to ask for a reconsideration (decided within 21 days) and after that a final review (decided within 45 days). States must review requests filed within 3 years of the inspection.

What we do, and what we do not do

• We promise no result. The state decides on your evidence.
• We never ask for your FMCSA login, PIN or password, and we file nothing for you.
• HaulProof is a private company and is not affiliated with FMCSA or any government agency.
• The pack is general information prepared from public records and FMCSA's published procedures. It is not legal advice.
• Full refund on request within 7 days of purchase.

Record Watch: US$9 a month

For a carrier that wants to know the day something lands on its record. Within a day of anything new on your FMCSA record you get an email that says what it is and what it does:

• A new roadside inspection. When it has violations, the DataQs Request Pack for it is attached at no extra charge.
• A change to your registered phone, email or address. If you did not make it yourself, that is a known first step in carrier identity theft.
• An insurance cancellation filed, a change in operating authority, an out-of-service order, a crash added.
• On the 1st of each month, a summary with the dates on which things stop counting.

Start Record Watch: US$9 a month

Billed monthly in U.S. dollars. Cancel any time from the link in every email.

Look up your record, free

Questions

Is filing a DataQs request really free?

Yes. DataQs is FMCSA's own system and it costs nothing to register or to file. The pack is the preparation: what your record says, whether it can be corrected, and the request written out for you to file.

Do you file it for me?

No. You file it yourself, from your own FMCSA account. We never ask for your FMCSA login, PIN or password, and nobody needs them to help you.

What if nothing on my inspection is wrong?

Then there is nothing to file, and the pack says so plainly. It still shows when the inspection's weight drops and when it leaves your score. If the pack is not useful to you, reply to the delivery email within 7 days and your payment is refunded.

Where is the inspection report number?

At the top right of the paper report your driver was given. If you cannot find it, write to hello@haulproof.ca with your USDOT number and the date of the inspection.

Will the violation be removed?

Nobody can promise that. The state decides on the evidence you send. DataQs corrects records that are wrong; it does not remove a violation because it was minor or was repaired afterwards.

Get the pack: US$19 See a sample pack

Sources: Federal Register 2026-07429 (April 16, 2026), FMCSA's DataQs fact sheet (September 15, 2026), FMCSA's Adjudicated Citations fact sheet, SMS methodology version 3.21.