ALL FOR-HIRE, PRIVATE, AND EXEMPT CARRIERS OPERATING IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A US DOT NUMBER FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IF THEIR GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING IS 10,001 LBS OR MORE OR IF THEY ARE A PASSENGER CARRIER CARRYING 9 PASSENGERS OR MORE INCLUDING DRIVER.

CARRIERS WEIGHING LESS THAN 10,000 LBS DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A US DOT #.

PASSENGER CARRIERS CARRYING 8 PASSENGERS OR LESS INCLUDING DRIVER DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A US DOT #.

MOTOR CARRIERS TRAVELING STRICTLY WITHIN A STATE(OPERATING INTRASTATE) DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A US DOT#. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME STATES THAT REQUIRE THAT A CARRIER HAVE A US DOT # EVEN IF THEY DO NOT LEAVE THAT STATE. YOU WILL NEED TO CHECK WITH YOUR STATE TO SEE IF THEY REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE A US DOT#. CARRIERS MAY GET A US DOT# EVEN IF IT IS NOT REQUIRED.

DISPLAYING THE US DOT NUMBER ON YOUR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE

• THE US DOT NUMBER MUST BE DISPLAYED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE PRECEDED BY THE LETTERS US DOT.
  
  
• THE LEGAL TRADE NAME OF THE MOTOR CARRIER SHALL BE LISTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
  
  
• THE LETTERS SHALL BE IN SHARP CONTRAST WITH THE BACKGROUND COLOR OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ON WHICH THEY ARE PLACED.
  
  
• THE LETTERS SHALL BE LEGIBLE, DURING DAYLING HOURS, FROM A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET WHILE THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS STANDING STILL.
  
  
• THE LETTERS MAY BE PAINTED ON OR MAY BE IN A REMOVABLE STICKER
  FORM.

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