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Name of
Permit or License:
International Registration Plan
Description:
The International Registration Plan (IRP) is a program for licensing
commercial trucks, trailers and nonchartered buses
that travel through the states and provinces abiding by the IRP. The member IRP
jurisdictions are all states except Alaska and
Hawaii, the District of
Columbia and all Canadian provinces except the Yukon
and Northwest Territory. In Michigan, the Department of State oversees
IRP.
Under the IRP, companies register in their home state and pay the
appropriate licensing fees. The fees are then distributed to the other IRP
member jurisdictions based on the percentage of miles the vehicles will travel
or have traveled in each jurisdiction. Each vehicle is also issued a license
plate with the word "apportioned" and a cab card showing the jurisdictions and
weights for which the company has paid fees. Vehicles exempt from IRP are
government-owned vehicles, city pickup and delivery vehicles, buses used to
transport chartered groups, recreational vehicles and vehicles displaying a
restricted plate that is recognized under other reciprocity agreements.
Program Webpage:
International Registration Plan (IRP)
Apportioned Registrations
Related Content:
IRP Manual
Creation/Revision Date:
Revised: September 20, 2010
