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Answer the questions below to help determine whether you are required to register with the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Program.
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The information provided here is for guidance only and should not be taken as legal advice. When in doubt, the
UCR Handbook
should be referenced for final say. Please contact your state's UCR Agency if you have any questions.
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Which category or categories best describe your business?
Motor Carrier or Motor Private Carrier
Motor Carrier or Motor Private Carrier AND Another Category Below
Freight Forwarder
Broker
Leasing Company
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Do you transport property, household goods, or passengers across state lines, or US national borders?
YES
NO
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Do you transport property, household goods, or passengers that cross state or national borders at any point in their journey, including before you receive them or after you deliver them?
A common example of this is in the case of carrying goods to a dock or airport.
YES
NO
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What type(s) of cargo do you transport?
Property or Household Goods
Passengers (in addition to the driver)
Both Property/Household Goods and Passengers
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Do you charge a fee directly to passengers, such as by selling tickets for each trip?
YES
NO
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Do you charge a fee to passengers indirectly, such as in the case of a hotel, summer camp shuttle or school bus operation where a separate fee is not charged but it’s bundled together with the overall cost of services you provide?
YES
NO
Note: A carrier primarily engaged in intrastate school-bus operations may exempt its intrastate school buses from its fleet count.
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Do you solely operate vehicles with a seating capacity of 10 passengers or fewer (including the driver)?
YES
NO
Please note that this does not exempt you from registering with UCR, but does impact the fees you are obligated to pay.
According to the UCR Handbook (page 30):
"Some motor carriers or freight forwarders may operate only vehicles that are not classified as commercial motor vehicles, typically because the vehicles are lighter or carry fewer passengers than vehicles included in the definition of the term commercial motor vehicle. Such a business must register for UCR because these entities have a federal MC number. Because the MC numbers are generated in the federal URS system, a USDOT number will also be issued, but it would ordinarily pay a UCR fee in the lowest bracket, because it operates no commercial motor vehicles."
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Do you haul your own property, equipment, tools, etc?
YES
NO
Please note
that this does not exempt you from registering with UCR
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Do you transport placarded amounts of hazardous materials?
YES
NO
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Do you solely operate within the state of Hawaii?
YES
NO
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Do you solely operate vehicles owned or operated by the Federal Government?
YES
NO
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Do you solely operate emergency vehicles?
YES
NO
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Do you solely operate vehicles (no trailers) with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less?
YES
NO
Please note that this does not exempt you from registering with UCR.
According to the UCR Handbook (page 30):
"Some motor carriers or freight forwarders may operate only vehicles that are not classified as commercial motor vehicles, typically because the vehicles are lighter or carry fewer passengers than vehicles included in the definition of the term commercial motor vehicle. Such a business must register for UCR because these entities have a federal MC number. Because the MC numbers are generated in the federal URS system, a USDOT number will also be issued, but it would ordinarily pay a UCR fee in the lowest bracket, because it operates no commercial motor vehicles."
If these lightweight vehicles pull trailers in interstate commerce and the gross combination weight rating or gross combination weight is 10,001 or more, the entity will account for all of these commercial motor vehicles and pay the applicable fee.
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You
ARE REQUIRED
to register with UCR. Please visit
https://www.ucr.gov
to begin the registration process.
If you have questions or are unsure about any of these questions, please contact a representative of your state's UCR Agency.
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Private Carrier of Passengers
You
are NOT
required to register with UCR since you are considered a Private Carrier of Passengers. This most often applies to churches, schools, and businesses transporting their own employees.
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Intrastate Commerce
You are NOT required to register with UCR since you are engaged in Intrastate Commerce, or the transportation of goods or passengers within a single state.
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For-Hire Passenger Motor Carrier
You are considered a “For-Hire Passenger Motor Carrier” and ARE REQUIRED to register with UCR. Please visit
https://www.ucr.gov
to begin the registration process.
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Exempt
You are exempt and do not need to register with UCR.
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