The International Registration Plan (IRP) is an international
highway program designed for the licensing of heavy (>26,000 pounds)
commercial vehicles that travel in two or more jurisdictions. A
jurisdiction may be a state, the District of Columbia, or a Canadian
province. The IRP office publishes quarterly newsletters to keep
local registrants and other stakeholders informed of pertinent IRP activities. View
Newsletter
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The District of Columbia, like all member IRP jurisdictions, is required
to comply with the following criteria:
- Issuance of a single (1) "apportioned" tag
- Issuance of a single registration cab card
- Allow intrastate and interstate movement
Under the IRP, an interstate carrier files an application with
the jurisdiction in which its vehicles are based. That jurisdiction
is known as the "base jurisdiction." The base jurisdiction collects
registration fees authorizing a carrier's movement into other jurisdictions,
and distributes those fees to the states or provinces for which
the carrier has requested apportionment.
IRP registration does not:
- Exempt a carrier from the payment of motor fuel taxes
- Exempt a carrier from obtaining operating authority
- Exempt a carrier from payment of the Federal Heavy Vehicle
Use Tax (Form 2290)
- Permit a carrier to exceed maximum height, length, width, and
axle limitations
- Permit a carrier to exceed "bridge laws"
