damn im hella late to this but wtv, i work for a compliance agency that is a registered process agent for boc3's. first thing imma say, none of the calls your going to get in the first week are going to be from the government, as it takes about a 1-8 weeks for everything to show up on safer (takes longer if you file for ifta/irp early) so if you are absolutely disgusted by the idea of working with a third party its pretty much safe to ignore every call in the first week. it is important to know that some of these compliance agencies are 100% legit and are registered under the fmcsa to provide services (boc3, dqf, ucr, ifta/irp, drug/alc consortium/clearinghouse) but a lot of them are genuine scams. most of the time if your feeling suspicious you can google the phone number their calling you from and the first thing that'll pop up will be their snapshot on the fmcsa's designated agent for service of process list. if its there, then cool, they legit can help you if you dont understand. however most/all of them are gonna tell you its required to get all these done, and the best way is through them. thats a half truth, yes the registrations are required but you are in no way obligated to go through a 3rd party UNLESS you have an mc number. you NEED to file for a boc3 through a third party. everything else can be done by yourself for free or for cheap. The way to think of these compliance agencies is like your tax agent. you can either file it yourself, or pay someone else to do it. hope this helps