IRP Brochure
- What is IRP?
- Who is required to register under the IRP?
- What is considered a fleet?
- Are trailers and semi-trailers required to be apportioned?
- How do I add/delete or transfer vehicles in my fleet during a registration year?
- Is there a procedure for changing registered gross vehicle weights during the registration year?
- What's the difference between a jurisdictional member of IRP and an affiliate member of IRP, Inc.?
1. What is IRP?
Answer: The International Registration Plan is a registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States, the District of Columbia and provinces of Canada providing for payment of license fees on the basis of fleet distance operated in various jurisdictions.
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2. Who is required to register under the IRP?
Answer: According to the Plan under section 204, all apportionable vehicles, which means any vehicle except for recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, city pick up and delivery vehicles, buses used in transportation of chartered parties, and government-owned vehicles, used or intended for use in two or more member jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register vehicles and is used for the transportation of persons for hire or designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and:...
- is a power unit having two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight in excess of 26,000 pounds or 11,793.401 kilograms; or
- is a power unit having three or more axles, regardless of weight; or
- is used in combination, when the weight of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or 11,793.401 kilograms gross vehicle weight.
Trucks and truck tractors, and combinations of vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or 11,793.401 kilograms or less and buses used in transportation of chartered parties may be proportionally registered at the option of the registrant.
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3. What is considered a fleet?
Answer: A fleet is one or more apportionable vehicles (allowing for single vehicle fleet apportionment).
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4. Are trailers and semi-trailers required to be apportioned?
Answer: No, the Plan does not require the apportionment of trailers
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5. How do I add/ delete or transfer vehicles in my fleet during a registration year?
Answer: These changes are accomplished through the submission of appropriate supplemental applications. For detailed information, contact your base jurisdiction. You can find contact information for jurisdiction offices at the following link: Jurisdiction Offices
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6. Is there a procedure for changing registered gross vehicle weights during the registration year?
Answer: Yes. You must file a supplemental application and pay additional fees when the gross weight is to be increased. For detailed information, contact your base jurisdiction. You can find contact information for jurisdiction offices at the following link: Jurisdiction Offices
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7. What's the difference between a jurisdictional member of IRP and an affiliate member of IRP, Inc.?
Answer: An IRP member is a jurisdiction that has been voted into the Plan, pays annual dues and follows the rules and requirements set forth in the Plan. An IRP, Inc. Affiliate is a company or organization that purchased IRP, Inc. Affiliate membership. Membership benefits for jurisdictional and affiliate members alike include:
- IRP, Inc. e-mail notifications
- IRP Newsline (a biweekly e-newsletter)
- Discounted registration fees for IRP, Inc. events
- Access to the IRP Community Yahoo! Groups
- Access to Members Only protected areas of the Web site
- Free IRP, Inc. Webinar access
Click here to become an IRP, Inc. Affiliate member today.
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NOTICE:
Most questions you may have can be answered by browsing the IRP website, but some questions require a more specific answer from a base jurisdiction. To locate an IRP office in your base jurisdiction go to this link: Jurisdiction Offices
If you have any other general questions, please feel free to send them to IRP, Inc. and they will be reviewed.
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