Motor carriers and trucking

This one stop shop provides you with all the information you need to work as a trucker in Wisconsin.

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• Notice​​​​​: The Motor Carrier Services/Oversize-Overweight Permits customer service counter at the Hill Farms State Office Building in Madison, WI is now permanently closed. A customer drop-box for Motor Carrier Services or Oversize-Overweight Permits related materials is located outside of the south entrance of the Hill Farms State Office Building at 4822 Madison Yards Way, Madison, WI​.

• Notice: Emergency load restrictions have been put into place on the Hwy 53 bridge and its approach roadways in Duluth. View the Traffic Impact new release​ for more information concerning this restriction.​ Major movement of WB I-535 (Blatnik Bridge) to SB I-35 will be closed until 2023. Detour is Bong Bridge. ​
  

• Notice: Certain bridge weight restrictions have been updated for Emergency Vehicles. See this information sheet for more information about this change.

Online services

• Permits
• 72-hour and hunter/unladen trip permits​
• Oversize-overweight permits (Wisconsin only)
• WINNDOT Cross-border permit portal (Multi state application)
• WisCRS - Online IRP and IFTA transactions
• Pay past due IFTA and IRP and reinstate accounts after revocation/suspension 
• Insurance filings by underwriters
• Driver license status​​​ ​(check status, expiration date, tier level, Fed Med info, physical and testing requirements/school bus drivers)​
  

Motor carrier forms, publications, and videos

• Motor carrier start-up information package and reference guide
• Motor carrier forms and publications
• Motor carrier videos

Interstate vehicle credentials (cross state lines)

• Electronic credentials 
• Motor carrier fees
• WisCRS - Online IRP and IFTA transactions
• Pay past due IFTA and IRP and reinstate accounts after revocation/suspension 
• IRP
• License plates/vehicle registration (IRP)​​​
  
  
• 72-hour and hunter/unladen trip permits
• IRP Charter School Buses
• IFTA
• Fuel tax (IFTA)
• IRP-IFTA carrier education, record keeping and audit
• 30 mile border zone reciprocity
• UCR
• Unified carrier registration (UCR)

Intrastate vehicle credentials (operate within Wisconsin only)

• License plates/vehicle registration (intra)
• Titles (inter and intra)​
  
• Motor carrier fees

Both interstate and intrastate vehicles

• Unified Registration System (U.S. DOT website)
• U.S. DOT number (U.S. DOT website)
• U.S. DOT number (Wisconsin State Patrol brochure)
• Insurance
• For hire authority
• Heavy vehicle use tax (HVUT)
• Companies renting vehicles to motor carriers

Oversize/overweight vehicle permits

• Permits
• Weight restriction programs​​
• Frozen road declaration
• Class II roads
• Seasonal posted roads
• Motor carrier fees

Commercial driver license (inter and intra)

• Commercial driver license (CDL)
• Medical requirements

Motor carrier enforcement and truck safety

• Motor carrier enforcement
• Safety and weight enforcement facilities (SWEF)
• Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
• State Patrol
• Hours-of-service regulations (U.S. DOT website)
• North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP at the U.S. DOT website)​

Other publications

• Long Truck operator map
• Wisconsin Commercial Driver’s Manual
• Motor carrier start-up information package and reference guide

Freight movement (road, rail, water or sky)

• Freight movement
• Freight Summit

Related links

• Plans and projects
• Traveler information (travel and congestion information)

Questions about the content of this page:

Motor Carrier Services
Email: irp-ifta@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (608) 266-9900​