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NORTH CAROLINA DOT NUMBER
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NORTH CAROLINA DOT number requirements
Please Note
1.   When applying for a DOT number, 'Carrier' is the designation assigned to the applicant, whether a Person, Business or a Company that operates a vehicle or vehicles that either belong to them, or are being leased by them. A 'Registrant' is an 'Owner' of a truck that is leased to a trucking company and operates under that   trucking company's name and DOT number and, usually, MC number. Registrants are paid by trucking companies to haul loads and Registrants are not issued DOT numbers. When operating a commercial vehicle, you are either a 'Registrant' or a 'Carrier'. When applying for a DOT number, whether you have a van, pickup truck, full size truck, box truck, flatbed truck or semi-tractor, you are assigned the term 'Carrier'. As far as the DOT is concerned, you are a 'Carrier', whether you are a 'Private Carrier' driving a pickup truck and servicing the oil rigs in Texas or North Dakota, or as an owner of an 80,000-lbs semi-tractor and trailer running willy-nilly all over the country as a 'For-Hire Carrier'.  You will be a 'Carrier'
2.   If you are hauling, transporting or working exclusively within the state of North Carolina without crossing state lines, then the 'In State' categories shown in the tables below apply to your operation. Your DOT number will show that you are an Intrastate Carrier.
3.   If you are hauling or transporting loads or items across state lines ONLY and never hauling or transporting loads or items from one point in North Carolina to another point in North Carolina, then 'Crossing State Lines' applies to your operation and your DOT number will show you are an Interstate Carrier.
4.   If you are hauling or transporting from one point in North Carolina to another point in North Carolina AND you are occasionally crossing state lines, or crossing state lines on a regular basis, then you need to look at both the 'In-State' requirements and the 'Crossing State Lines' requirements. If you are a 'For-Hire' Carrier, then you may end up getting a DOT (USDOT) number, State Authority to operate within the state of North Carolina and Federal Authority to cross state lines with loads. If you cross state lines just once with your commercial vehicle, you are an 'Interstate Carrier'. This would not apply if you are purchasing a vehicle in one state, crossing state lines to bring the vehicle home and then operate exclusively within your home state of North Carolina. While you do this, you are not strictly operating 'In Commerce', you are merely transporting the vehicle back to your state of operation of North Carolina. However, if you have not been issued a DOT number while driving back home to  North Carolina, you may be stopped and told to get a DOT number. If you are, contact us, we will set you up with a DOT number.
5.   Service Contractors or Contractors hauling their own tools or equipment within the state of North Carolina or across state lines are referred to as 'Private Carriers'.
6.   If you are a contractor who does concrete work in the state of North Carolina, as an example, then you would be considered a 'Private Carrier' because you are getting paid to provide a service job. If you pick up a load of gravel somewhere in North Carolina, transport that gravel, dump it in the state and get paid for transporting the gravel, then leave without doing anything further with that gravel, you would be considered a 'For Hire' Carrier. You would be considered a 'For-Hire Carrier' because someone hired you to transport the gravel and do nothing else with the gravel. If you pick up a load in North Carolina, cross state lines with the load and deliver the load in another state and get paid for just transporting the load, you will need Interstate Motor Carrier Authority (also known as Interstate DOT Authority). You can be both a 'Private Carrier' and a 'For Hire Carrier', but if you do any 'For-Hire Carrier' work, then you must register as a 'For Hire Carrier' (if that's required by the state. Check the listings below to see if you are required to register as an In-State, For-Hire Carrier)

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In-State - For Hire
10,001-lbs - 26,000-lbs		 In-State - For Hire
Above 26,000-lbs		 In-State - For Hire
Tri-axle or Quad-axle
Hauling loads from point to point inside North Carolina with a maximum gross weight between 10,001-lbs and 26,000-lbs Hauling loads from point to point inside North Carolina with a maximum gross weight above 26,000-lbs Construction work inside North Carolina at a maximum gross weight above 26,000-lbs
In State - Livestock
10,001-lbs - 26,000-lbs
 In State - Livestock 
Above 26,000-lbs
Hauling livestock from point to point inside the state of North 
Carolina with a maximum gross weight between 10,001-lbs and 26,000-lbs		 Hauling livestock from point to point inside the state of North Carolina with a maximum gross weight above 26,000-lbs
In State - For Hire
Hauling Exempt Loads
10,001-lbs - 26,000-lbs		 In State - For Hire
Hauling Exempt Loads
Above 26,000-lbs		 Crossing State Lines
For Hire
10,001-lbs - 26,000-lbs
Hauling Exempt Loads from point to point inside the state of North Carolina with a maximum gross weight between 10,001-lbs and 26,000-lbs Hauling Exempt Loads from point to point inside the state of north Carolina with a maximum gross weight above 26,000-lbs For Hire using a flatbed truck or box truck and crossing state lines with a maximum gross weight between 10,001-lbs and 26,000-lbs
Crosssing State Lines
For hire - Exempt Loads
10,001-lbs - 26,000-lbs		 Crossing State Lines
For Hire - Exempt Loads
Above 26,000-lbs		 Crossing State Lines
For Hire
Above 26,000-lbs
For Hire transporting exempt loads across state lines at a gross weight between 10,001-lbs and 26,000-lbs  For Hire trnsporting exempt loads across state lines at a gross weight above 26,000-lbs For Hire transporting non-exempt loads across state lines at a gross weight above 26,000-lbs

NORTH CAROLINA  DOT number - types of operation - 1
 In State - For Hire
10,001-lbs - 26,000-lbs
In State - For Hire
Above 26,000-lbs
 In State - For Hire
Tri-Axle & Quad-Axle
Hauling loads from point to point inside North Carolina Hauling loads from point to point inside North Carolina Construction work inside  North Carolina
DOT number requirements for hauling non-hazardous loads from point to point within the state of North Carolina with a truck with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating between 10,001-lbs and 26,000-lbs, or a truck and trailer with Gross Combined Weight Ratings of 10,001-lbs to 26,000-lbs DOT number requirements for hauling non-hazardous loads from point to point within the state of North Carolina with a truck with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating above 26,000-lbs, or a truck and trailer with Gross Combined Weight Ratings above 26,000-lbs DOT number requirements for hauling non-hazardous loads from point to point within the state of North Carolina with Tri-Axle trucks and Quad-Axle trucks with a Gross Weight Rating above 26,000-lbs
DOT number not required A DOT number is required A DOT number is required
Authority must be obtained for common and contract household goods, waste and passenger carriers, wreckers and tow trucks before beginning North Carolina intrastate operations. 

A North Carolina DOT Number: You are not required to register for a NC DOT Number (NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC) for a vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 10,000-lbs and under. When you look on the doorframe of your vehicle, you should see a chrome tag with the letters GVWR and a number. This is the maximum weight the vehicle is designed to weigh. You are required to register for a NC DOT Number (NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC) on a vehicle used in your business on a commercial basis such as a pickup truck, a van, a truck or a vehicle pulling a trailer where the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is 10,001-lbs or more, or the Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Ratings (GCWR) of both the power unit and the trailer is 10,001-lbs or more, when the vehicle or vehicles remain in the state. We will register you with North Carolina for a NC DOT Number (North Carolina DOT, NC DOT, DOT NC) for your business operation. If the truck is plated above 26,000-lbs, or the truck and trailer combination / semi-tractor and trailer loaded weights are more than 26,000-lbs, you will be required to register for the state fuel tax. Click on the state fuel tax phone number down the left side of this page. When you cross state lines with a commercial vehicle with a GVWR of 10,001-lbs or more, or a commercial vehicle and trailer with a GCWR of 10,001-lbs or more, a USDOT number is required. Call us to get either a NC DOT number (NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC) or a USDOT number to cross state lines. When you cross state lines and your truck is plated above 26,000-lbs, or your truck and trailer combination weigh more than 26,000-lbs loaded, or your semi-tractor and trailer weigh more than 26,000-lbs loaded, you will be required to register with the state for IFTA fuel tax. If your vehicle or power unit and trailer gross more than 26,000-lbs crossing state lines, read more about crossing state lines below. Again, the reference is to a NC DOT number, NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC

North Carolina Intra-State Motor Carrier Authority: If you carry loads for delivery in your van, truck, truck and trailer or semi-tractor and trailer inside the state of North Carolina - these loads are picked up and delivered in North Carolina without crossing state lines, you may need to register for North Carolina Intra-State Motor Carrier Authority. CALL US AT (765) 742-2610 FOR A DOT NUMBER. This is also referred to as a NC DOT Number, NC DOT, DOT NC, North Carolina DOT.  

Private Carrier with Gross Weight / Combined Gross Weights up to 26,000-lbs: If you are a Private Carrier hauling your own products inside the state of North Carolina without crossing state lines in a van, truck, truck and trailer or semi-tractor and trailer and the loaded weight of either the vehicle or vehicle and trailer combination is 26,000-lbs or under, you are not required to register for a NC DOT Number (NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC) or USDOT number.  As a Private Carrier, you will also not be required to register for North Carolina Intra-State Motor Carrier Authority at these weights, but compliance with financial responsibility is required (you are required to carry Personal Injury / Property Damage liability insurance).

Private Carrier with a Gross Weight / Combined Gross weights 26,001-lbs and above: If you are a Private Carrier hauling your own products inside the state of North Carolina without crossing state lines in a van, truck, truck and trailer or semi-tractor and trailer and the loaded weight of either the vehicle or vehicle and trailer combination is 26,001-lbs or greater, you are required to register for a NC DOT Number (also known as NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC). As a Private Carrier, you will not need to register for North Carolina Intra-State Motor Carrier Authority, but compliance with financial responsibility is required (you are required to carry Personal Injury / Property Damage liability insurance). If the truck has a gross weight for 26,001-lbs or more, or the truck and trailer, or semi-tractor and trailer have gross weights of 26,001-lbs or more, you will be required to register for the North Carolina state fuel tax.

For-Hire Carriers: If you haul items or products of any kind as a For-Hire Carrier (you are being paid to haul these items or products) inside the state of North Carolina - picking up and delivering loads inside North carolina without crossing state lines - in a van, truck, truck and trailer or semi-tractor and trailer at any weight, you are required to register for North Carolina Intra-State Motor Carrier Authority and a DOT number (also known as a NC DOT Number, NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC). You are required to carry a minimum of $300,000 in Personal Injury / Property Damage liability insurance if the Gross Weight of the vehicle or Combined Gross Weights of the vehicle and trailer combination is 10,000-lbs or under.  If the Gross Weight of the vehicle is 10,001-lbs or greater, or Combined Gross Weights of both the vehicle and trailer are 10,001-lbs or greater, you are required to carry a minimum of $750,000-lbs in Personal Injury / Property Damage liability insurance. If the truck has a gross weight of 26,001-lbs or more, or if the truck and trailer, or the semi-tractor and trailer have combined gross weights of 26,001-lbs or more, you will be required to register for the North Carolina state fuel tax.

Crossing State Lines as a Private Carrier hauling your own products: If you cross state lines as a Private Carrier hauling your own products, you will need a USDOT number and will be subject to the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) process. But you will not need to register for ICC Authority, MC Authority, DOT Authority or Trucking Authority (they all mean the same thing).   If the vehicle crossing state lines has a Gross Weight of 26,000-lbs or less and has 2 axles, you will not be required to register for an IRP license plate, nor for IFTA fuel tax.  If the truck crossing state lines has 3 axles or more with a Gross Weight of 10,001-lbs or higher, or is pulling a trailer, you will be required to register for an IRP license plate and for the IFTA fuel tax with the state and for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) process.  If the truck or truck and trailer combination / semi-tractor and trailer weigh 26,001-lbs or more crossing state lines, you will need to register with the state of North Carolina for both an IRP License plate and for IFTA fuel tax and for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) process. If you are crossing state lines as a Private carrier in a vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 10,001-lbs or greater, or a vehicle pulling a trailer where the Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Ratings are 10,001-lbs or greater, you will be subject to a New Carrier Entrant Safety Audit.  If you are both crossing state lines with loads and picking up and delivering loads inside North Carolina without crossing state lines with these loads, you may need to register for a NC DOT Number (also known as NC DOT, DOT NC, North Carolina DOT) 

Crossing State Lines as a For-Hire Motor Carrier hauling loads for pay: If you are hauling Exempt or Non-Exempt products for pay across state lines, you will need a USDOT number and will be subject to the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) process.  If you haul loads for pay inside the state of North Carolina - picking up and delivering these loads without crossing state lines, as mentioned above, you will need to register for North Carolina Intra-State Motor Carrier Authority (also known as a NC DOT Number, NC DOT, North Carolina DOT, DOT NC). If you haul loads across state lines for pay as a For-Hire Carrier hauling Non-Exempt loads, you will also need to register for MC Authority / ICC Motor Carrier Authority.  If you haul Exempt loads (grain, livestock, logs) across state lines as a For-Hire Carrier, you will not need to register for MC Authority / ICC Authority. If the vehicle crossing state lines has a Gross Weight of 26,000-lbs or less and has 2 axles and is not pulling a trailer, you will not be required to register for an IRP license plate, nor for IFTA fuel tax.  If the truck crossing state lines has 3 axles or more with a Gross Vehicle Weight of 10,001-lbs or higher, or is pulling a trailer with Combined Gross Vehicle Weights of 10,001-lbs or more, you will be required to register for an IRP license plate and for the IFTA fuel tax with the state and for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) process.  If the truck or truck and trailer combination / semi-tractor and trailer weigh 26,001-lbs or more crossing state lines, you will need to register with the state of North Carolina for both an IRP License plate and for IFTA fuel tax and for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) process. If you are crossing state lines as a Private Carrier in a vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 10,001-lbs or greater, or a vehicle pulling a trailer where the Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Ratings are 10,001-lbs or greater, you will be subject to a New Carrier Entrant Safety Audit.  Contact the North Carolina State Police with the phone number shown on the right. 
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