UCR registration 2027: fees and deadline

What you pay for your trucks

2027 fees by bracket

Source: Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement, 49 CFR 367.50 (2027 and later) and 367.40 (2025-2026), effective Oct 1, 2026. Brokers and leasing companies pay the B1 fee: $55 for 2027. CSV.

"This recommended increase averages 20 percent over the fee structure adopted for 2025 and retained for 2026, with varying increases ranging between $9 and $9,329 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket."

FMCSA, 91 FR 56063

"For for-hire motor carriers transporting property or passengers and motor private carriers transporting property, the UCR fees are based only on the total number of commercial motor vehicles operated."

UCR Plan FAQ

Who has to register

If you run interstate under your own USDOT number, you register every year. If every load stays inside one state, you don't. Leased onto another carrier and running under their authority? Ask the carrier; the plan's questionnaire covers it.

"Every entity subject to UCR is required to register annually with its base state and pay an annual fee to that state."

UCR Plan fee brackets

"You are NOT required to register with UCR since you are engaged in Intrastate Commerce, or the transportation of goods or passengers within a single state."

UCR Plan, "Do I need to register?"

Cargo van, pickup or small box truck under 10,001 lbs? If you run interstate for hire, you still register. On a carrier like that, the UCR Handbook says "it would ordinarily pay a UCR fee in the lowest bracket, because it operates no commercial motor vehicles" (UCR Plan). That's $55 for 2027. Other filings start at other weights: what applies at your weight.

The plan's own questionnaire answers the edge cases (passenger carriers, private carriers, lightweight vehicles). Nine states and D.C. don't take part in UCR, but it still applies to carriers there: "The non-participating states are Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont and Wyoming, along with Washington, D.C." (Land Line, Aug 31, 2026).

When UCR 2027 is due

"In order for an operation subject to UCR to continue to operate legally, it must complete its UCR registration and pay its UCR fee before January 1 of the registration year. After that date, the registration fee is still due, but a non-registrant may then be subjected to state enforcement action."

UCR Plan fee brackets

• "2027 Registration Year fees become effective October 1, 2026" (UCR Plan)
• Fleet size: "Changes during the UCR Agreement registration year in the number of vehicles operated will not be reflected until the following year and the carrier will not need to report them currently." (UCR FAQ)
• In the truck: "No. You are not required to carry any proof of compliance in the vehicle. You can carry the receipt for payment of the fees if you choose." (UCR FAQ)

UCR is not the MCS-150 or the BOC-3

Three separate filings that often get mixed up:

Paying one doesn't cover the others. OOIDA has warned about companies that send official-looking UCR notices and add a service fee (Land Line (OOIDA)). UCR is paid at ucr.gov, and the MCS-150 update costs nothing.

Watch for UCR bills from third parties

OOIDA has warned since at least 2019 about companies that send official-looking UCR notices and charge a service fee on top.

"Members of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have received reports and emails from third-party UCR vendors claiming their UCR fees were delinquent or late. Many times, this is not the case and the fee has already been paid."

Land Line (OOIDA), Apr 9, 2019

"Anytime you get a notice like this and have any doubt at all, you need to double check that your fee has been paid,"

Crystal Minardi, OOIDA Permits and Licensing Department Supervisor, in Land Line (OOIDA)

To check whether you've paid, log in at ucr.gov or call the UCR help line at 1-833-827-7526. This site is not affiliated with the UCR Plan, FMCSA or any state.

Who must file, and how the brackets count trucks: UCR 2027 guide.