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Completed Inspection Report Disposition
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 22, 2026. It took effect on July 22, 2026.
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What the agency says
FMCSA amends the regulations to revise the requirement that motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers sign and return a completed roadside inspection form to the issuing State agency. FMCSA is aware that not all issuing State agencies require the return of these reports, and that requiring motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers to submit these reports to a State that does not require, or even request, the return of the form creates an unnecessary burden. Through this change, completed forms will only be returned to those States that request them. This action is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-12450
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Published
- June 22, 2026
- Takes effect
- July 22, 2026
- Dates
- Effective July 22, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0116
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2126-AC90
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 396
- Topics
- Highway safety; Motor carriers; Motor vehicle safety; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 4
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