Base plates and No Authority

In my state you have to either have your own authority or a lease to someone with authority in order to get your base plates. I would check with your state IRP office or local tag office to see if there is a temporary tag you can get in order to move your truck.

 

MC # is your operating authority. US DOT is many different things depending on what you need.

The following states need US DOT # in the name of the person or company looking to get IRP if you do not have an active authority (leasing to someone).

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

 

I was told several years ago in Georgia and Tennessee that you could not get an apportioned plate for an 18 wheeler without having active authority and insurance unless you were leasing the truck to a carrier. The base plate had to be attached to someone with active authority. In fact, you have to prove residency before you can get a base plate in most states. There might be some sort of temporary tag you could get so that you can travel to a carrier to lease on. I would check in your state and see what is required.

 

Just take a copy of your old lease that will work. You will need bobtail and deadhead insurance though.

 

the ex-employer has probably posted somewhere that this truck is no longer in his fleet, hence he has no insurance, no lease agreement

 

in my state i have never had to give them my dot number for plates only had to bring in a copy of my stamped 2290 to renew

 

They don't check. According to them I'm leased to a Co. I haven't worked for in over 4 years.

 

so its basically a one time setup?

 

interesting....I haven't purchased my own plates in many years but I used to back in the 90's and 2000's and I never had to have a DOT #. This was Ohio and South Carolina.