MOTOR CARRIER DIVISION UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 7

Unified Carrier Registration (UCR)

OBTAINING INTERSTATE FOR-HIRE OPERATING AUTHORITY

All carriers required to obtain a USDOT number are required to file with their base state under the Unified Carrier Registration Act (UCR). The UCR requires all freight forwarders, brokers, leasing agents, motor carriers for hire, and private motor carriers to register their operations with their base state.

To register for UCR carriers will need to go online to www.ucr.in.gov. Carriers will need to pay for each year they have been operating as an interstate carrier, registrant, freight forwarder, leasing agent or broker since 2007. All carriers will need to be paid in full through 2009. The 2010 filling charges have not been determined yet and will not be due until this information has been provided by the Federal Motor Carriers to the states. Once this information has been provided to the state agencies a letter will go out to all applicable companies.

Insurance filings are no longer required under the UCR Act. The carrier is required to provide proof of financial responsibility to FMCSA when filing their MCS-150. Upon completion of registration a receipt for payment will be issued. There are no requirements for the driver to carry a copy of this receipt in their vehicle.

To process and pay for your Unified Carrier Registration go to http://www.ucr.in.gov.

Fees for 2009 are based upon the number of power units and trailers.

2009 UCR Fee Bracket
Fleet Size + trailers
UCR Fee
0-2 vehicles $39.00
3 - 5 $116.00
6 - 20 $231.00
21 - 100 $806.00
101 - 1,000 $3,840.00
1,001 - 200,000 $37,500.00
Credit Card Payment
Credit Card Fee
Service Fee
Total Cost
$3.00 $3.00 $45.00
$3.40 $3.00 $122.40
$5.70 $3.00 $239.70
$17.20 $3.00 $826.20
$79.44 $3.00 $3,922.44
$750.00 $3.00 $38,253.00
E-Check Payment
E-Check Fee
Service Fee
Total cost
$1.00 $3.00 $43.00
$1.00 $3.00 $120.00
$1.00 $3.00 $235.00
$1.00 $3.00 $810.00
$1.00 $3.00 $3,844.00
$1.00 $3.00 $37,504.00

Fees for 2010 and 2011 are based upon the number of power units only.

2010-2011 UCR Fee Bracket
Fleet Size
UCR Fee
0-2 vehicles $76.00
3 - 5 $227.00
6 - 20 $452.00
21 - 100 $1,576.00
101 - 1,000 $7,511.00
1,001 - 200,000 $73,346.00
Credit Card Payment
Credit Card Fee
Service Fee
Total Cost
$2.60 $3.00 $81.60
$5.62 $3.00 $235.62
$10.12 $3.00 $465.12
$32.60 $3.00 $1,611.60
$151.30 $3.00 $7,665.30
$1,468.00 $3.00 $74,817.00
E-Check Payment
E-Check Fee
Service Fee
Total cost
$1.00 $3.00 $80.00
$1.00 $3.00 $231.00
$1.00 $3.00 $456.00
$1.00 $3.00 $1,580.00
$1.00 $3.00 $7,515.00
$1.00 $3.00 $73,350.00

Fees increased for 2010 because the law was recently amended so that only power units would be counted as qualifying CMVs; and trailers are excluded from determining the fleet size, only for 2010 and future fees.

Please Note: There is an additional fee plus a $3.00 service fee associated with using a credit card and e-check payments. See chart above.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For further information regarding Interstate For-Hire Operating Authority contact the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - Utah Division Office at (801) 963-0098, or by emailing mccustomerservice@utah.gov.