Designate TPA on Clearinghouse
If you need any help with the new registration process please call or email me.
ksheatpa@gmail.com 843-327-4444
1) Visit https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/
2) Click on Register
3) Create account
4) Enter your email address. You will need to use a different email address from the
one you used to previously register. You cannot register with an email that is already
in use. If you have Gmail, you can add the plus sign and cdl after your username
and you will still receive the email from the site. Example, your email is
johndoe@gmail.com. You would enter it johndoe+cdl@gmail.com
5) After you receive the email confirmation, follow the prompts to set up your
password. I recommend only using Phone (“text”) as the Authentication method
set up Enter your phone number and it will text you a security code. Once you
entered the code, you are registered.
6) Go back to https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/ and login in with your new email
and password. You will receive a text with a code
7) You are now ready to select your role. Select “Employer”
8) Select “Register as an Employer and Driver
9) Select “No, I do not have and FMCSA Portal Account, then next,
10) Select Yes, I am my employer’s clearinghouse administrator, next
11) Select No My company does not have a USDOT number, next
12) Select I do not need a USDOT number, proceed with registration,
13) Complete the Contact form, next
14) Complete Company name as your name
15) Select Yes to Are you an owner-operator
16) Select James Shea, LPC as your TPA, designate and go to next
17) Only check box “Report RTD Information, next (disregard notification you have not
completed this step)
18) Verify your CDL,
19) Check box, I “Agree