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Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 7, 2026. Comments closed on May 7, 2026.
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What the agency says
FMCSA proposes amendments to its regulations governing the annual Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement registration fees that participating States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies. The UCR Board of Directors (Board) did not recommend any change in fees for the 2026 registration year, therefore the fees remained the same as the 2025 registration year. However, on September 18, 2025, the Board recommended a fee increase for the 2027 registration year and subsequent registration years. This recommended increase averages 20 percent, with varying increases between $9 and $9,329 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket. Even after the proposed increase, the fees for registration year 2027 are still less than those in effect during registration years 2019 through 2022. FMCSA proposes to adopt the recommended fee increase.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-06726
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Published
- April 7, 2026
- Comments due
- May 7, 2026
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before May 7, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0655
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2126-AC72
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 367
- Topics
- Brokers; Freight; Freight forwarders; Insurance; Intergovernmental relations; Motor carriers; Surety bonds
- Pages
- 8
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|---|---|---|
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