Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse annual query
As the employer, run an annual query on each driver in the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse.
- Filed with
- FMCSA Clearinghouse
- Cost
- A few dollars per query
- Time
- ~15 minutes
What you'll need
- A Clearinghouse employer account
- Driver consent
- Query credits
Step by step
- 1
Register as an employer
Even a one-driver owner-operator is their own employer here.
- 2
Designate your C/TPA
If you use a consortium, they can run queries for you.
- 3
Buy credits and run the query
A limited query is fine; run a full query if it flags a record.
- 4
Record the result
Keep it in your DQ file.
Worth knowing
- Run within 365 days of your last query.
- Owner-operators must be enrolled with a C/TPA for random testing and pre-employment full queries.
Fact-checked June 2026. Fees, screens, and dates change — always reconfirm at the official source at filing time.
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