DOT · 49 CFR 391.23Built for FMCSA carriers

30 days. Zero scramble.Verifications, automated.

CDLVOE pulls every previous-employer verification you owe — from existing PDF applications or a walk-in kiosk — then sends them with one click and auto-matches every reply across email, fax, and mail. Your safety manager stops chasing paper. Audits stop being terrifying.

30-day audit window · met every time
DOT 49 CFR 391.23 aligned
US-only data residency
app.cdlvoe.com / inbox / verifications

Verification inbox

AllEmailFaxMail
DRV-04812
Reyna Okonkwo
Atlas Transport, OH
Sent · 2h ago
SENT
DRV-04813
Marcus Beaulieu
Northern Pine Hauling
e-Fax
Day 27 / 30
SENT
DRV-04814
Holden Park
BJ Bulk Co., AR
Sent · 4h ago
SENT
DRV-04815
Salma Iturbe
Coastal Reefer Inc.
Mail
Sent · 6d ago
SENT
DRV-04816
Devon Yazzie
Plains Freight LLC
e-Fax
Sent · 1d ago
SENT
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§ 391.23 The rule

Every previous employer. Every driver. Within 30 days.

The rule is unambiguous. Reality is not. Drivers list four prior employers, three of which don't respond to faxes, one of whom no longer exists. The clock keeps running. Then comes an audit.

DOT mandates verification within
0days
of the date employment begins — for every safety-sensitive position the driver held in the prior three years.
$1,270
Audit finding · per missing verification
6–8hrs
Per recruiter, per week, chasing replies
01

The chase eats your safety team

Compliance staff spend 6–8 hours a week per recruiter calling, faxing, and re-faxing employers who never reply on the first ask.

02

Replies arrive in three formats — and disappear

An email here, a fax there, a paper form via mail two weeks later. Matching them to the right driver file is manual and error-prone.

03

Audit findings start at $1,270 per missing verification

FMCSA compliance reviews look for exactly the gaps a busy safety office tends to leave. One missing file becomes a pattern in the audit narrative.

PROCESS How CDLVOE works

Intake. Send. Match. No clipboards required.

Three steps replace the entire verification chase. CDLVOE is the only system designed end-to-end for FMCSA-regulated hiring — from the moment an applicant fills out paperwork to the moment the DOT auditor closes your file.

STEP 01 · INTAKE

Drop a PDF. Or hand a device to the applicant.

Existing application on file? Upload the PDF and CDLVOE extracts every employer, every date, every gap automatically. Walk-in applicant? Open CDLVOE on any computer, laptop, or tablet at the terminal and they self-enter — accurate, signed, timestamped.

PDF · PARSED
KIOSK · LIVE
STEP 02 · SEND

One click. Every employer. Every channel.

For every prior employer the driver listed, CDLVOE composes a § 391.23-compliant request, attaches the signed release, and dispatches via email, e-fax, and physical mail at once.

Send 4 requests
STEP 03 · MATCH

Replies land. CDLVOE knows where they go.

A dedicated inbox watches your verification email, e-fax line, and scanned mail. CDLVOE reads the response, matches it to the right driver and request, files it, and updates the audit trail — automatically.

EMReyna · Atlas Trans.MATCHED
FXHolden · BJ Bulk Co.MATCHED
MLOkafor · Plains FreightDELIVERED
KIOSK Walk-in capture

Any device at the terminal.
Applications, signed and parsed.

Open CDLVOE on the computer at your driver lounge, the laptop on a recruiter's desk, or the tablet on the terminal counter. Walk-in applicants self-enter their work history with built-in DOT prompts — no clipboard, no re-typing, no missed employer dates.

DOT

DOT-aware fields, end-to-end

Requires a complete 3-year history. Flags gaps. Captures § 391.23 release signatures with a finger-tap.

ID

License scan & address validate

CDL scan auto-fills name, DOB, and state. USPS address validation prevents bounced mail requests.

Pushes straight into the inbox

The moment the applicant taps Submit, CDLVOE resolves prior employers and queues every verification — ready for one-click send.

🔒

Offline-safe, kiosk-locked

Runs as a locked-down web app on any computer, laptop, or tablet. If the connection drops mid-application, progress is saved locally so nothing is lost.

CDLVOE · KIOSK
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Let's get you on the road.
DRIVER APPLICATION · STEP 3 OF 6
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Faster time to verification vs. manual
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Saved per recruiter, per week
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Auto-match accuracy across channels
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Missed-verification audit findings, customer base, last 18 months
CALCULATOR Run the numbers

What does CDLVOE save your fleet?

Move the sliders to your own numbers. We estimate annual labor savings using $38/hr fully-loaded recruiter cost and the 88% time reduction CDLVOE customers report against manual verifications.

New driver hires / month12
Hours spent per driver, manual VOE4.0hrs
Your manual load today
144Driver hires / year
576§ 391.23 verifications required
576hrsChasing them by hand, per year
Live · adjusts as you drag
Estimated annual savings on CDLVOE
$19,261/ year

That's recruiter labor freed up to chase real safety issues — not faxes that never come back. CDLVOE also removes the audit-finding tail risk worth thousands more per missed verification.

507 hrs
Hours back to the safety team
63 days
Workdays recovered per year
576
Verifications CDLVOE handles for you
$0
Audit findings on customer fleets, 18 mo
CAPABILITIES What's inside

Every piece of the verification workflow. One system.

PDF

PDF application parser

Drop any DOT-style application — printed, scanned, or filled in a third-party form. CDLVOE extracts every employer, every date, and the driver's release signature.

KSK

Walk-in kiosk intake

Browser-based intake locked to a single-purpose application flow. Runs on any computer, laptop, or tablet. Captures e-signatures.

SND

One-click multichannel send

Send a § 391.23-compliant verification request to every prior employer via email, e-fax, and physical mail — all from one button.

INB

Auto-matching inbox

Inbound replies via email, OCR'd fax, and scanned mail are matched to the right driver and request — automatically.

DQ

Online DQ file per driver

Every verification, reply, signature, and timestamp stored in a tidy online DQ file. One driver, one record, one place — open at any time.

EXP

Audit-ready export

Export the full DQ binder for any driver, or for a date range, organized to FMCSA inspection order. PDF, downloadable in one click.

COMPLIANT Built for the regulators

Designed by safety managers.
Validated by audit attorneys.

DOT
49 CFR

§ 391.23 aligned

Templates and timelines match the regulation verbatim. Updates roll automatically when FMCSA amends.

AES
256-BIT

Encrypted, end-to-end

AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit. Per-tenant key isolation. No driver record ever leaves US data centers.

GFE
3-ATTEMPT

Good-faith-effort audit trail

When a prior employer can't be reached, CDLVOE documents the three-attempt good-faith effort the FMCSA requires — every channel, every timestamp, automatically.

ESI
E-SIGN

E-SIGN & UETA

Captured signatures are court-admissible, timestamped, and bound to the original release document.

CUSTOMER Meridian Freight · 1,240 drivers
“Our last DOT audit ran six hours. The auditor said it was the cleanest DQ file she'd ever opened. CDLVOE is the only reason we got there.”
DT
Dana Trujillo
VP of Safety & Compliance, Meridian Freight
11→2
Days to verify
$184k
Annual labor saved
PRICING Monthly base + included verifications

A predictable base. Verifications included.

Every plan bundles a monthly verification allotment — one verification covers a driver's full §391.23 inquiry no matter how many prior employers it takes. Hire more in a busy month and overage is a small flat rate. No per-recruiter charges. No per-request fees.

Starter

For carriers under 50 drivers. The essentials.

$99/ mo
15 verifications / mo · $7 over
  • PDF application parser
  • One-click multichannel send
  • Auto-matching inbox
  • Good-faith-effort docs
  • Email support
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Scale

Up to 1,000 drivers. Volume pricing + advanced reporting.

$699/ mo
180 verifications / mo · $4 over
  • Everything in Growth
  • Volume verification pricing
  • Advanced reporting
  • Unlimited user seats
  • Priority support · 4h SLA
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Enterprise

1,000+ drivers, multi-DOT, custom workflows.

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  • Everything in Scale
  • Multi-DOT & subsidiary support
  • SSO & SCIM
  • Dedicated CSM
  • Custom data retention policy
  • Contract negotiated annually
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FAQ Common questions

The fine print, in plain English.

What exactly does § 391.23 require?
Under 49 CFR 391.23, motor carriers must, within 30 days of a driver's date of hire, investigate the driver's previous employment as a CMV operator for the prior three years — including safety performance history and drug/alcohol testing records. CDLVOE is designed around this requirement end to end.
CDLVOE automatically re-sends through an alternate channel on day 7, 14, and 21. Every attempt is logged with channel, timestamp, and outcome — the documented three-attempt good-faith effort the FMCSA looks for in an audit.
CDLVOE makes the FMCSA-required three documented attempts via at least two channels, then automatically generates the "good faith effort" record and files it to the driver's DQ binder — ready for an auditor.
Inbound replies (email, OCR'd faxes, scanned mail) are matched against open requests using driver name, DOB, license number, employer, and employment dates. Confidence scores above 95% are auto-filed; lower-confidence matches are routed to a "needs review" queue for one-click confirmation.
Encrypted at rest in US-East data centers with optional US-West replication. Per-tenant key isolation, AES-256 encryption, TLS 1.3 in transit. Driver records retained for the FMCSA-required three years past separation, then purged on a customer-defined schedule.
Most carriers are sending verifications within 48 hours. The kiosk is a single URL you load on any computer, laptop, or tablet — no install. Existing open verifications and applications can be imported the same day.
DEMO See it on your own data

Stop chasing prior employers.
Start passing audits.

Bring a recent application, real or sample. We'll run it end-to-end in 20 minutes and show you the audit binder it produces.

01
Live walk-through

Real CDLVOE account, real verifications. Not a slide deck. Bring your sketchy applications and let's see.

02
30-day pilot, no commitment

Run your real hires through CDLVOE for 30 days. Cancel anytime before day 30 and pay nothing.

03
Migration done for you

Existing applications, open requests, partial replies — we bring them in. You start clean.