Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
- First granted
- Not in the history file
- BIPD required / on file
- $750,000 / $750,000
- Cargo insurance
- Not required
- Bond or trust fund
- Not required
Public carrier record · USDOT 1958116
CHARLES L LAWSON
DBA LOW'S TRUCKING · Norfolk, VA · MC 697278
CHARLES L LAWSON (USDOT 1958116, MC 697278) runs a single power unit out of Norfolk, Virginia. Its MCS-150 shows 45,000 miles driven in 2025. Cargo on its census record includes general freight, and logs, poles, beams and lumber.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
AuthorityActive1 active of 1 on file
Insurance1 on fileinsurance filings
Safety ratingNot ratedno rating date
Power units1as reported
Drivers1as reported
Inspections1latest Jan 13, 2026
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 1958116 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | CHARLES L LAWSON |
| Doing business as / DBA | LOW'S TRUCKING |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 697278 |
| Reported physical address | 4537 WOOLSEY STREET, NORFOLK, VA, 23513, US |
| Reported business phone | (757) 230-8277 |
| Reported power units | 1 |
| Reported drivers | 1 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Charles Lawson |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier, Shipper |
| Hazmat indicator | No |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Not reported |
| Safety rating date | Not reported |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
CHARLES L LAWSON reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
1 roadside inspection between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 1 state. Inspected in 1 of 25 months; busiest Jan 2026 with 1.
| Inspections | 1 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 0.0% (0 of 1) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 100.0% (1 of 1) |
| Violations | 1 across 1 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 0 |
| Crashes | 0 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 0 |
Most frequent published violation codes
39216DDriver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV1
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Compare the reported Norfolk record
CHARLES L LAWSON reports 1 power units. The Norfolk, Virginia directory contains 1,465 census records, of which 1,218 report at least one power unit.
Reported cargo and business classification
CHARLES L LAWSON reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 5 cargo categories.
- General freight
- Logs, poles, beams and lumber
- Building materials
- Paper products
- Construction
Fleet size in local context
| Power units | Records | Share of all city records |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 247 | 16.9% |
| 1: this carrier’s band | 738 | 50.4% |
| 2–5 | 304 | 20.8% |
| 6–20 | 126 | 8.6% |
| 21–100 | 40 | 2.7% |
| Over 100 | 10 | 0.7% |
| Unknown / other | 0 | 0.0% |
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- Oct 23, 2009
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- Jan 14, 2026
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.
Authority and insurance
Authority filings
Insurance filings
| Docket | Insurer | Coverage | Effective date | Form | Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC697278 | Northland Insurance Company | $750,000 | Oct 23, 2014 | BMC-91X | WN159906 |
Process agent (BOC-3)
- Motor Carrier Authority LLCCharleston, SC · MC697278
The company the carrier designated to receive legal papers in each state, as filed on its BOC-3.
Operating authority timeline
Status changes and notices recorded against CHARLES L LAWSON’s operating authority dockets, newest first, from the FMCSA authority history and notices datasets.
- ReinstatedMC697278 · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
A notice or status line describes the docket, not the reason behind it. Check Motus for the current status before booking.
Shared contact details
How many other records in the current FMCSA census report the same phone number or the same physical address as USDOT 1958116. Companies share offices, agents and phone lines for ordinary reasons; a match is context to check, not a finding.
Explore these reported cargo categories
General freightBuilding materialsLogs, poles, beams and lumber
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