UCR Filing for 2027

UCR (Unified Carrier Registration) is a federal program under 49 CFR Part 367 that every interstate motor carrier, freight broker, freight forwarder, and leasing company must complete annually. The fees fund state motor carrier safety programs, and the participating states enforce the registration.

Every motor carrier, freight broker, freight forwarder, and leasing company operating in interstate commerce needs UCR. Intrastate-only carriers are exempt. If you hold active FMCSA operating authority (MC or DOT), UCR registration is required before you haul a load across state lines.

Yes. Non-participating-state carriers (Florida, Arizona, Oregon, and others) must still file under federal 49 CFR Part 367. The filing goes through a participating base state at no additional cost, and the registration is the same national record.

Your tier is based on the total number of commercial motor vehicles you operated in interstate commerce during the previous year, including leased vehicles. Brokers, leasing companies and freight forwarders that operate no commercial motor vehicles file at the minimum 0–2 vehicle tier under 49 CFR 367.50.

Yes. With Fast Trucking Compliance you complete your UCR registration online: enter your USDOT number and fleet size, review the price with the UCR government fee itemized, and pay securely. We prepare your UCR registration; it is submitted to the National UCR System. No paper forms and no waiting in line.

Processing time is set by the National UCR System. With Fast Trucking Compliance, your UCR registration is submitted to the National UCR System after you pay, and your receipt is emailed once the registration is accepted.

The fee for the registration year is still owed, and a missed registration can be filed at any time during that year. Enforcement is by the participating states from January 1; consequences are set by each state. FMCSA does not directly revoke MC or USDOT authority for a missed UCR.

The 2026 UCR enforcement period began January 1, 2026, following the October 2025 registration opening. Enforcement is carried out by the participating states, not FMCSA. The 2027 registration year opened October 1, 2026, and its enforcement begins January 1, 2027.

Yes. Florida is a non-participating UCR state and does not collect fees directly, but all Florida-based interstate motor carriers are federally required to register under 49 CFR Part 367. Florida carrier filings go through Georgia, a participating base state, at no additional cost.

Yes. Every freight broker, freight forwarder, and leasing company with active FMCSA authority must file UCR annually. Brokers register at the minimum 0–2 vehicle tier regardless of company size - $90 ($55 UCR government fee + $35 service fee) with Fast Trucking Compliance, no fleet audit required.

No. UCR is federal. State-specific requirements - New York HUT, Kentucky KYU, New Mexico WDT, Oregon weight-mile tax - are separate obligations that sit on top of UCR. Filing UCR does not exempt you from any state-specific permit or tax program.

Yes. UCR (Unified Carrier Registration) is mandatory for every interstate motor carrier, freight broker, freight forwarder, and leasing company under federal law (49 USC §14504a + 49 CFR Part 367). The participating states enforce it, and carriers based in the non-participating states register through a participating base state.

UCR funds state motor-carrier safety enforcement programs - the inspectors at weigh stations, the audit teams, and the FMCSA-state data-exchange systems that keep unsafe carriers off the road. Fees collected from interstate carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders are pooled by the UCR Plan Board and distributed to participating states proportionally to fund their safety enforcement budgets.

You file your UCR registration online at ucr.gov using your USDOT number, company information, and a payment method. The registration covers your business details, your fleet size for the prior calendar year, and your base state (non-participating-state carriers use a participating base state), followed by payment of the federal UCR fee. Once the National UCR System processes the payment, the carrier's record shows in the national UCR database that participating states check. With Fast Trucking Compliance, you enter your USDOT, confirm fleet size, and pay; we prepare your UCR registration; it is submitted to the National UCR System, and your receipt is emailed once the registration is accepted.

Every interstate motor carrier, freight broker, freight forwarder, and leasing company with active FMCSA operating authority has to file UCR annually under 49 USC §14504a and 49 CFR Part 367. Intrastate-only carriers are exempt because UCR is a federal-interstate-commerce program. The requirement applies regardless of whether the carrier's base state participates in UCR - non-participating-state carriers (Florida, Arizona, Oregon, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Vermont, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia) must file through a participating base state. Brokers and freight forwarders without commercial motor vehicles register at the minimum 0-2 vehicle tier regardless of company size; carriers with fleets are tiered by total CMV count operated in interstate commerce during the previous year, including leased units.

Online, either yourself at ucr.gov or through a filing service. With Fast Trucking Compliance, you enter your USDOT number and fleet size and pay; we prepare your UCR registration; it is submitted to the National UCR System. Processing time is set by the National UCR System, and your receipt is emailed once the registration is accepted. Filing yourself at ucr.gov produces the same national registration - the difference is not having to navigate the portal, tier tables, and base-state routing yourself.

Three checks separate trusted UCR filing services from resellers: the filing is submitted to the National UCR System (your receipt confirms acceptance there), the UCR government fee is itemized separately from the service fee before you pay, and the service states in writing what it does and what the National UCR System controls. Fast Trucking Compliance shows 2027 tier pricing before you pay (Tier 1: $90 ($55 UCR government fee + $35 service fee)), and your registration is submitted electronically. Submitted to the National UCR System. Your receipt is emailed once the registration is accepted.