One filing a year. Authority intact in 41 states.
UCR is the federally-mandated annual fee that motor carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders pay to the state of base jurisdiction. Window opens October 1; payment is due by December 31. Miss it and roadside enforcement can fine you up to $2,000 per vehicle, per day — or pull you out of service entirely.
Skip UCR and roadside enforcement can fine you per truck, per day.
State police actively check UCR status at roadside stops and weigh stations. Fines run from $100 to $2,000 per vehicle per day, depending on the state. Trucks can be detained on the spot — and the violation lands a permanent mark on your CSA profile under § 392.2 UCR.
Six brackets. Fleet size sets the fee.
UCR fees aren't per-vehicle — they're tiered by total power units on your last MCS-150. Brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies without CMVs always file at Bracket 1 regardless of size. The 2026 schedule is unchanged from 2025.
Who has to file UCR.
Anyone touching interstate commerce. The four entity types below all owe UCR if they move freight or arrange freight movement across state lines — even a single trip a year is enough to trigger the obligation.
For-hire carriers.
Anyone hauling property or passengers across state lines for compensation. Fleet size determines the bracket; the smallest start at $46.
Private carriers.
Companies hauling their own goods interstate — manufacturers, distributors, retailers with company-owned trucks. Same brackets as for-hire.
Brokers & freight forwarders.
Anyone arranging interstate transportation, with or without their own equipment. Always file at Bracket 1 ($46) regardless of volume booked.
Leasing companies.
Companies leasing CMVs to interstate carriers without drivers. Bracket 1 if no fleet of their own, otherwise sized by leased units.
The annual UCR calendar.
The window opens October 1 and closes December 31. Anything filed after that triggers state-level penalties, even if you eventually pay the fee. We file early — most clients have their 2026 receipt by mid-October.
Filing window opens.
UCR National Registration System goes live. Fees published in the Federal Register, payable through your base state.
VI files for our clients.
Standard filing window for our managed clients. Receipts in your portal before Thanksgiving most years.
Federal deadline.
Last day to pay 2026 fee without penalty. After this, individual states begin issuing citations at roadside.
Enforcement begins.
Citations under § 392.2 UCR. Fines $100-$2,000 per vehicle per day. Possible out-of-service order.
Five minutes of your time. We do the rest.
UCR isn't complicated, but it's easy to fat-finger fleet size, file in the wrong state, or miss the deadline entirely. Our flow eliminates all three.
USDOT pre-fill.
You give us your USDOT. We pull your MCS-150 fleet count and base state from FMCSA — no manual data entry.
~1 minBracket confirmed.
Bracket 1-6 calculated automatically. You confirm fleet size is current — adjust here if your MCS-150 is stale.
~30 secPay state + service fee.
Single charge to your card — UCR all-in fee plus credit card processing. No hidden surcharges, no separate state-fee bill.
~2 minReceipt to your portal.
UCR confirmation PDF lands in your portal under "Authority." We auto-renew next year unless you tell us not to.
Same dayAll-in pricing. Filing fee included.
Fleet size + when you file determines the price. Loyalty pricing is for renewing carriers filing during the Oct 1 window. Retail pricing is for new filings or off-cycle filings any other time of year. Both include the state UCR fee, our service fee, and a 7-year receipt archive.
Annual renewal (Oct 1 window)
For returning carriers who file every year on time. Locked-in pricing in the Oct 1 renewal window. Auto-renew available — we file every October, alert you to bracket changes, and keep receipts on file.
- B1 · 0–2 trucks$95
- B2 · 3–5 trucks$189
- B3 · 6–20 trucks$399
- ✓ All-in: state UCR fee + filing + portal archive
- ✓ Auto-filed every October if enrolled
- ✓ Bracket-change alerts (fleet size moves)
- ✓ Same-day filing within Oct 1–Dec 31 window
New filing or off-cycle
For carriers filing for the first time, or filing outside the Oct 1 renewal window. Higher rate reflects the off-season filing workload. Same all-in coverage — state fee, filing, portal archive included.
- B1 · 0–2 trucks$129
- B2 · 3–5 trucks$195
- B3 · 6–20 trucks$435
- ✓ All-in: state UCR fee + filing + portal archive
- ✓ Filed within 24 business hours
- ✓ Switch to loyalty pricing next Oct 1 if you renew
- ✓ No charge if the state rejects — we re-file
Fleets 21+ trucks (Brackets 4–6, $960–$44,623 state fees): call (800) 720-0304 for a quote — pricing scales with the FMCSA-published bracket schedule.
Things carriers ask us first.
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UCR filed before Thanksgiving. Authority intact through 2026.
All-in pricing from $95 (0-2 trucks, Oct 1 renewal) to $435 (6-20 trucks, off-cycle). Same-day processing, 7-year receipt archive, bracket-change alerts when your fleet grows.