# GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC: FMCSA record and Trust Receipt Canonical: https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/carrier/1968049 > **GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC (USDOT 1968049) holds Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) with status Active in Bakersfield, CA; liability insurance from Southlake Specialty Insurance Company is on file (effective 2026-04-29). FMCSA SMS lists no roadside inspections in 24 months. Trust Signal Score 100 / 100 (Green), 0 record changes in 90 days.** As of 2026-11-01. [Home](https://carrierdaily.com/) › [Broker Watch](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch) › [California](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/state/ca) › [Bakersfield](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/city/ca/bakersfield) › [GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/carrier/1968049) Broker Watch · carrier profile USDOT 1968049 · MC698898 · Bakersfield, CA ## Key Facts - **USDOT 1968049 operating authority (FMCSA L&I, as of 2026-11-01T12:06:56+00:00)**: Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods): Active - **Liability insurance on file**: Southlake Specialty Insurance Company, effective 2026-04-29 - **Trust Signal Score**: 100 / 100 (Green) - **Fleet size (Company Census)**: 10 power units, 15 drivers - **Based in**: Bakersfield, CA - **Shared identifiers (other DOT records)**: 0 Source: official USDOT FMCSA Licensing & Insurance, Company Census and SMS public records, verified Nov 01, 2026 · Cite: CarrierDaily Broker Watch, FMCSA public records as of 2026-11-01T12:06:56+00:00 · [sources and method](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/data-sources) · [Machine-readable data: JSON](https://carrierdaily.com/api/public/trust/1968049.json) ## Trust & Change Signals for GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC Green 100 / 100 Trust Signal Score Print / Save PDF receipt Copy verification link Verify at https://carrierdaily.com/tools/dot-lookup?q=1968049 ### Receipts - ✓ No change signals on record. (FMCSA public records compared daily, 2026-11-01) - · Operating authority status is Active. (FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (Motus carrier/insurance files), 2026-11-01) - · Liability insurance on file: Southlake Specialty Insurance Company, effective 2026-04-29. (FMCSA L&I insurance history, 2026-04-29) - · USDOT number registered 17.0 years ago (2009-11-18, Company Census add date). (FMCSA Company Census, 2009-11-18) - · The email address on the FMCSA filing uses a free webmail provider. (FMCSA Company Census, 2026-11-01) ### Shared identifiers No other DOT record shares this carrier's phone, address, email or officer names in our data. ### Contact and name changes No contact or name change recorded since monitoring began. Data reflects official public records published by the U.S. Department of Transportation (FMCSA) as of Nov 01, 2026 05:06 MST. CarrierDaily provides factual public-record change monitoring and is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. Sources: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (Motus carrier and insurance history files); FMCSA Company Census (az4n-8mr2); FMCSA SMS inspection, crash and BASIC summaries; CarrierDaily daily comparison of those files (hash-matched identifiers). Identifier matches are computed on one-way hashes; no phone, email or address value is stored. ### Watch this carrier ## How does this carrier compare? | Metric | This carrier | Benchmark | Delta | Source | |---|---|---|---|---| | Operating authority | Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods): Active | 82.7% of California records are Active | Active like the state majority | FMCSA Licensing & Insurance | | Authority age | no grant date on file | 90-day post-approval window | n/a | FMCSA L&I grant / reinstatement date | | BIPD liability filing | $750,000 on file | $750,000 required | +0 vs required | FMCSA L&I insurance filings | | Current liability policy | Southlake Specialty Insurance Company, effective 2026-04-29 | policy age in days | 186 days on file | FMCSA L&I insurance history | | Vehicle out-of-service rate | no SMS inspections | 22.26% national (FMCSA SAFER) | n/a | FMCSA SMS, 24 months | | Driver out-of-service rate | no SMS inspections | 6.67% national (FMCSA SAFER) | n/a | FMCSA SMS, 24 months | | Roadside inspections, 24 months | 0 on record | 331 California carriers with SMS summaries | no crash records | FMCSA SMS | | Fleet size | 10 power units, 15 drivers | 210 curated California fleets | 3th percentile of the state cohort | FMCSA Company Census (MCS-150) | | Shared identifiers with other DOT records | 0 (0 with revoked authority or a cancellation) | 13.0% of California records share one | none, below the state avg | FMCSA Company Census (one-way hashes) | | Record changes, last 90 days | 0 | 0 changes = stable contact and name record | +0 vs a stable record | FMCSA Company Census / L&I, compared daily | | MCS-150 last updated | 2026-10-08 | biennial update (730 days) | +706 days vs due | FMCSA Company Census | | Trust Signal Score | 100 / 100 (Green) | 56.9% of scored California carriers are Green | Green like 63.6% nationally | CarrierDaily, deterministic from the facts above | | Cargo classifications | General freight, Refrigerated food, Fresh produce | from the carrier's own MCS-150 | 3 hub(s) | FMCSA Company Census | ## Is GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC authorized by FMCSA? Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) is Active. 82.7% of California authority records are Active. ## Does GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC have insurance on file? Yes. The current liability filing names Southlake Specialty Insurance Company with an effective date of 2026-04-29; $750,000 is on file against $750,000 required. A BMC-35 cancellation notice would appear here 30 days before it takes effect. ## How does GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC compare on roadside inspections? FMCSA SMS lists no roadside inspections for this carrier in the last 24 months, so no out-of-service rate can be computed; that is common for new or small fleets and is not itself a signal. ## Does GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC share identifiers with other DOT records? No. The phone, address, email and officer names on this record match no other DOT record in the Company Census. ## What changed in the last 90 days? Nothing: the name, contacts and authority record are unchanged across the last 90 days of daily comparisons. ## What does the Trust Signal Score say about GOLDEN STATE CARRIER INC? 100 / 100, Green: active authority, liability insurance on file and no shared-identifier or recent-change deduction. Green means the public record shows none of the signals checked, not a guarantee of performance. 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The score is a deterministic reading of FMCSA public-record facts, each listed with its source; it is not a consumer report. Machine-readable data: https://carrierdaily.com/api/public/trust/1968049.json Data reflects official public records published by the U.S. Department of Transportation (FMCSA) as of Nov 01, 2026 05:06 MST. CarrierDaily provides factual public-record change monitoring and is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA.