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This bulletin provides guidance for verifying compliance with Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) during a roadside inspection and encourages roadside enforcement for the 2025 registration year, effective January 1, 2025. The UCR Enforcement Subcommittee is asking enforcement partners to participate in the biannual UCR Awareness Initiative, which will be conducted January 12 – 18 and June 15 – 21, 2025. To participate, please contact us via email. Those participating will not be required to collect data or track activity.
The 2005 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) re-authorization bill, also known as SAFETEA-LU, codified UCR into federal law.
All motor carriers (for-hire, private and exempt), brokers, freight forwarders and leasing companies operating in interstate and international commerce are subject to the UCR Agreement. Carriers based in Canada and Mexico that operate in the U.S. are also subject to the UCR Agreement.
The following groups are not subject to UCR:
No UCR credential is required to be carried in the commercial motor vehicle. The UCR can be verified through CVIEW, SAFER or www.ucr.gov/enforcement.
The UCR Board recommends that states begin enforcement for the 2025 registration year on January 1, 2025.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has a Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) violation code in the inspection software to indicate that a carrier is not in compliance with UCR, which is:
Any non-compliance of the UCR registration should be documented on the Driver/Vehicle Examination Report as a “392.2 UCR – Failure to pay UCR fees” violation.
The UCR Plan is the organization of State, Federal and industry representatives responsible for developing, implementing and administering the UCR Agreement. The UCR Agreement is the interstate agreement, developed under the UCR Plan, governing the collection and distribution of registration information and fees generated under the UCR Agreement.
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