Moving your household possessions and relocating to a new home is one of the most important activities that you will undertake. That’s why it’s important for you as a consumer to become familiar with the professional moving and storage industry and to better understand your rights and responsibilities when you move. This article will help you to understand the moving and storage industry, the moving process and what is expected of both you and your mover during your move. Plus, this information will help you select your mover and avoid problems during the course of your move.
The professional moving industry is organized differently for different types of moves and it will help you to have a better move if you understand the differences. First, there are important differences between local moves (called .intrastate. moves because your shipment does not cross state lines or enter into interstate commerce), long-distance moves (called .interstate. moves because your shipment crosses at least one state line and enters into interstate commerce that is regulated by agencies within the US Department of
Transportation) and international moves (between the US and another country in foreign commerce regulated by the Federal Maritime Commission). Local or intrastate moves are regulated (or not) by the state in which the move occurs. About thirty states have various degrees of regulation (some more than others) and the rest are unregulated. Check with your state Attorney General’s office to see if you live in a regulated state and which office in your state oversees Dallas movers. You can also find a list of state moving associations and state regulatory agencies on the www.protectyourmove.gov Web site that is maintained by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
