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The International Registration Plan (IRP) is a truck registration reciprocity agreement between the
contiguous United States The contiguous United States, also known as the U.S. mainland, officially referred to as the conterminous United States, consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States in central North America. The te ...
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that provides apportioned payments of registration fees, based on the total distance operated in participating
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s, to them. IRP's fundamental principle is to promote and encourage use of the highway system. The benefit of this plan is that a carrier may be registered in only their home state, yet legally engage in interstate/interprovincial commerce. Each carrier vehicle needs only one, specially marked "Apportioned", "APP", or "PRP"
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, and a cab card that lists each jurisdiction the vehicle is allowed to operate in and how much weight it is registered to carry. Two major transportation companies under IRP are
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and
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.


Apportionable vehicles

The International Registration Plan defines an apportionable vehicle as: any vehicle that is used or intended for use in two or more member jurisdictions and that is used for the transportation of persons for hire or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, and: (i) has two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight in excess of 26,000 pounds (11,793.401 kilograms), or (ii) has three or more axles, regardless of weight, or (iii) is used in combination, when the gross vehicle weight of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds (11,793.401 kilograms). Exceptions: Recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, or government-owned vehicles. Optional: Trucks or truck tractors, or combinations of vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds (11,793.401 kilograms), or less.


Exceptions

The exceptions are recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, buses used in the transportation of chartered parties, and government-owned vehicles.


References

{{Trucking industry in the United States Canadian transport law United States transportation law