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Alabama still economically regulates intrastate movers under the Alabama Motor Carrier Act (Ala. Code Title 37, Chapter 3). The APSC states that…
State guide →Alaska has no intrastate economic regulation of household goods movers - that is the key fact for consumers. No agency issues mover operating…
State guide →Arizona deregulated intrastate mover rates decades ago and today requires no state operating authority, license, or registration specific to…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside Arkansas are regulated by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT). Under the Arkansas Motor Carrier Act of…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside California are regulated by the Bureau of Household Goods and Services (BHGS) under the California Department of…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside Colorado are regulated by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission under Title 40, Article 10.1, C.R.S., and the…
State guide →Conn. Gen. Stat. section 13b-389 makes it illegal to transport household goods for hire within Connecticut without a certificate of public…
State guide →Delaware's public-carrier law (2 Del. C. Chapter 18) covers only passenger carriers such as taxicabs, limousines, buses, and railroads, so…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside the District (or within the Washington, D.C. Commercial Zone, as defined in 16 DCMR section 799) are covered by 16…
State guide →Any company that moves household goods from one point in Florida to another must be registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and…
State guide →A company that moves household goods between points within Georgia must hold a Household Goods Carrier Certificate from the Georgia Department of…
State guide →A company that moves household goods for pay within Hawaii (including within a single island) must hold a motor carrier Certificate of Public…
State guide →Idaho does not license or regulate intrastate household goods movers as an industry. A mover operating only within Idaho needs no state operating…
State guide →Under the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law, 625 ILCS 5/18c-1101 et seq., any business moving household goods for hire within Illinois must hold…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside Indiana are regulated by the Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) Motor Carrier Services Division. Under Indiana Code…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside Iowa are regulated by the Iowa Department of Transportation under Iowa Code Chapter 325A. Under Iowa Code section…
State guide →Moves that begin and end inside Kansas are regulated by the Kansas Corporation Commission's Transportation Division. Kansas has not deregulated…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside Kentucky are regulated by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Division of Motor Carriers (Department of Vehicle…
State guide →Moves that start and end inside Louisiana are regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) through its Transportation Division. Under…
State guide →Maine does not license intrastate household-goods movers. The state's former motor carrier 'operating authority license' statute (29-A M.R.S. section…
State guide →Maryland now requires movers to register with the state. Under Business Regulation Article, Title 8.5 of the Maryland Code (enacted 2019, implemented…
State guide →In Massachusetts, companies that move household goods between two points inside the state are regulated by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU)…
State guide →Under Michigan's Motor Carrier Act, 1933 PA 254 (MCL 477.1), every for-hire mover of household goods operating within Michigan must hold a…
State guide →In Minnesota, moving companies that transport household goods within the state are regulated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)…
State guide →In Mississippi, moving companies that haul household goods for pay between points inside the state are still licensed under the Motor Carrier…
State guide →Under Missouri Revised Statutes section 390.051, no one may operate as a common carrier of household goods in intrastate commerce on Missouri…
State guide →Under Montana Code Annotated 69-12-301 (2025), the Public Service Commission certifies only Class A carriers (fixed-route, fixed-rate operations)…
State guide →Under Neb. Rev. Stat. section 75-304.03, any mover transporting household goods for hire between points within Nebraska must hold a license from the…
State guide →Under Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) Chapter 706, anyone moving household goods for hire between points within Nevada is a 'fully regulated carrier'…
State guide →New Hampshire does regulate intrastate household-goods moving, but lightly. Under RSA 359-T:2, no household goods carrier may transport household…
State guide →Any company that moves household goods between two points within New Jersey for pay must hold a Public Mover and/or Warehouseman license from the New…
State guide →Since July 1, 2024, intrastate moving companies in New Mexico are regulated by the New Mexico Department of Transportation's Transportation…
State guide →Under New York Transportation Law Article 9 (Carriers of Household Goods by Motor Vehicle, Sections 190-199), any company that moves household goods…
State guide →In North Carolina, moving companies that transport household goods between two points inside the state are regulated by the North Carolina Utilities…
State guide →Under North Dakota Century Code chapter 39-31, a company that moves other people's household goods for hire between points in North Dakota must hold…
State guide →Under Ohio Revised Code 4921.32, no for-hire motor carrier may transport household goods between points in Ohio without a current household goods…
State guide →Under Oklahoma's Household Goods Act of 2009 (47 O.S. Sections 161A-166), the Oklahoma Corporation Commission licenses every company that moves…
State guide →Under ORS 825.100, no one may transport - or, as of January 1, 2026, even offer or advertise to transport - household goods for hire between points…
State guide →A mover performing household-goods moves between two points inside Pennsylvania must hold a certificate of public convenience from the Pennsylvania…
State guide →To legally move household goods from one point in Rhode Island to another, a mover must hold a common carrier certificate issued by the RI Division…
State guide →In South Carolina, a company that moves household goods between points in the state is a Class E motor carrier. The Office of Regulatory Staff states…
State guide →South Dakota has essentially no economic regulation of intrastate household goods movers, and that is the key fact for consumers. The certificate and…
State guide →Tennessee still regulates intrastate movers - this did not move to the Tennessee Public Utility Commission, and it was not fully deregulated. Under…
State guide →Moving within Texas is state-regulated. Under 43 TAC Section 218.11, a household goods carrier may not operate a vehicle on a Texas public highway…
State guide →Utah has no state-issued operating authority specific to household goods movers. The Utah Motor Carrier Safety Act (Utah Code Title 72, Chapter 9)…
State guide →Vermont has essentially no intrastate economic regulation of movers, and that is the key fact for consumers. The Transportation Board's…
State guide →Virginia still fully regulates intrastate household-goods moving. Under Va. Code section 46.2-2108.2 it is unlawful to transport property for…
State guide →Under RCW 81.80 and WAC 480-15, any company that moves household goods for pay between points within Washington must hold a Household Goods Carrier…
State guide →Under W. Va. Code section 24A-2-5, it is unlawful for a common carrier by motor vehicle, which includes a company hauling household goods for the…
State guide →Wisconsin has no moving-company license as such, but a mover hauling household goods for pay within Wisconsin is a for-hire property carrier and…
State guide →Wyoming has essentially no economic regulation of movers: no state agency licenses moving companies as such, sets moving rates, or reviews estimates.…
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