Bill of Lading Generator
Fill the form, print it or save it as a PDF. Every field tells you which regulation requires it and what a blank one costs you in a claim — which is the part a downloadable template cannot do.
Nothing you type into this form is uploaded or stored. It runs entirely in your browser, there is no account, and closing the tab discards it. The feedback box at the bottom is the one thing on this page that sends anything, and it sends only what you type into that box.
What this is. A straight (nonnegotiable) bill of lading for domestic interstate truckload and LTL. It is a template, not legal advice.
Whose duty this is. 49 CFR 373.100 scopes the requirement to "motor carriers subject to 49 U.S.C. subtitle IV, part B" — so the duty to issue belongs to the carrier, not to you as a broker. You are preparing a document a carrier issues. The defects still land on your desk, which is why the citations are here.
Not order bills. A negotiable (order) bill moves title to the goods and turns up in letters of credit. Generating one from a web form would be irresponsible, so this does not — see straight vs order.
What is still blank
Separated by how strong the requirement behind each one is, because treating practice as law would be its own kind of wrong.
Required by a regulation or statute
Required only if it affects rating
49 CFR 373.101(e) ends "(if applicable to the rating of the freight)". A blank here is not automatically an omission — the regulation itself makes it conditional.
Not mandated, but a blank costs money
Every field with a source behind it is filled.
Straight Bill of Lading — NONNEGOTIABLE
BOL / PRO No.
Consignor (shipper)
Origin:
Consignee
Destination:
Carrier
MC / DOT:
Seal / unloading
Seal:
Lumper:
| No. of packages | Description of freight | Weight / volume / measurement |
|---|---|---|
Pickup
Date:
Arrival / departure:
Delivery
Date:
Arrival / departure:
Exceptions noted at delivery
Consignee signature
Printed name
Date / time
Driver signature
Printed name
Date / time
Prepared with quoteminute.com/tools/bill-of-lading-generator/ — a template, not legal advice. Required contents: 49 CFR 373.101. Marking duty: 49 U.S.C. 80103(b)(2).
Why the citations are on the form
The requirement is short and most templates never quote it. 49 CFR 373.101 says every motor carrier subject to § 373.100 "shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for property tendered for transportation in interstate or foreign commerce containing the following information," and lists five items: names of consignor and consignee; origin and destination points; number of packages; description of freight; and weight, volume, or measurement "if applicable to the rating of the freight."
One more duty is statutory rather than regulatory. 49 U.S.C. 80103(b)(2): "A common carrier issuing a nonnegotiable bill of lading must put 'nonnegotiable' or 'not negotiable' on the bill. This paragraph does not apply to an informal memorandum or acknowledgment."
Everything else on the form is there because leaving it off costs money, and the form says so rather than implying it is law. The full field-by-field treatment — including what "shipper's weight, load, and count" actually does, which is less than the stamp suggests — is on what is a bill of lading.
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Would you hand this BOL to a driver?
One sentence is plenty. It goes to the person building this — there is no support desk and no auto-reply. Nothing from the tool above is sent, only what you type here.