Regulatory and compliance posture

Federal — Motor Carrier (FMCSA)

• 49 U.S.C. §13901–13908 — registration of motor carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders. The statutory authority under which Cypress prepares and submits OP-1, MCS-150, and BOC-3 packages on behalf of customers.
• 49 CFR Part 365 — rules governing applications for operating authority, including the FMCSA new-entrant vetting window referenced in ADR-CY-005.
• 49 CFR Part 366 — designation of process agents (BOC-3). Cypress designates partner process agents on the carrier's behalf under this part.
• 49 CFR Part 387 — minimum financial responsibility for motor carriers (insurance filings). Coordinated with the insurance carrier when Cypress customers buy commercial trucking coverage through our affiliated agency.
• 49 CFR §389 — fees, including the new entrant registration fee referenced in our Fee Disclosure.
• 49 CFR Part 390 — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations general applicability; MCS-150 biennial update obligation.
• 49 CFR §391.25 — annual motor vehicle record review obligation; the regulatory anchor for our MVR pull service.
• 49 CFR Part 382 — controlled substances and alcohol use and testing; the regulatory anchor for our drug-and-alcohol consortium administration service.
• 49 CFR Part 379 — preservation of records. The seven-year retention horizon referenced in our Privacy Policy.

Federal — Taxation (IRS)

• 26 U.S.C. §4481 — Heavy Vehicle Use Tax on highway motor vehicles ≥ 55,000 lbs taxable gross weight. The statutory authority for Form 2290 filings.
• 26 CFR §41 — HVUT regulations, including the August 31 annual due date.
• IRS Pub 3112 — IRS e-File application and participation; governs Cypress's posture when filing 2290 via the IRS Modernized e-File system as an Electronic Return Originator (ERO).
• IRS Form SS-4 — application for Employer Identification Number, prepared and submitted by Cypress on customer authorization. Note: the IRS issues EINs free of charge.

Federal — Privacy

• 18 U.S.C. §2721 (DPPA) — Driver's Privacy Protection Act. Governs Cypress's permissible-purpose access to state Department of Motor Vehicles records for MVR pulls.
• 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. (FCRA) — Fair Credit Reporting Act. Applies when MVR data is used in an employment-decision context.

Interstate Plans

• Unified Carrier Registration Act (49 U.S.C. §14504a) — the UCR Plan and annual bracket fees; governed by base-state administration.
• International Registration Plan (IRP) — apportioned-plate registration under the IRP membership agreement, base-state administered.
• International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) — quarterly fuel-tax reporting under the IFTA Articles of Agreement, base-state administered.

State — Secretary of State

Cypress files LLC formation packages with the Secretary of State (or equivalent agency) in the customer's state of formation, under each state's business-organization statute. Examples include the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (Title 6, Chapter 18 of the Delaware Code), the Texas Business Organizations Code, and the Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act (Title 17, Chapter 29 of the Wyoming Statutes). The filing fee, formation timeline, and registered-agent obligation are set by the state.

State — DOT and DMV

State DOT obligations include UCR base-state filing, intrastate authority (where applicable), state-specific fuel-tax decals, and per-state safety filings. State DMV obligations include MVR pulls (Cypress requires per-state DPPA permissible-purpose enrollment), apportioned-plate renewal under IRP, and IFTA quarterly fuel-tax reporting. Specific state codes vary; Cypress maintains a per-state compliance calendar internally that we surface to enrolled customers in their dashboard.

Where Cypress operates inside these frameworks

Cypress is a filing-and-compliance automation service. We are not a law firm (see Not a Law Firm), we are not an insurance carrier, and we are not a government agency. We act on customer authorization to prepare, validate, and transmit filings to the agencies listed above. Our posture across every absorbed compliance vertical is "direct build against the regulatory portal" — we do not introduce wholesale aggregators between the customer and the agency unless regulation requires a regulated intermediary (e.g. BOC-3 process agent, D&A consortium administrator).

Questions about a specific regulation

Compliance questions: [email protected]. Note that we will discuss how Cypress operates under a regulation; we will not provide legal interpretation of the regulation as applied to your business — that is a question for licensed counsel.