(June 2019) - International Registration Plan
(IRP) is a reciprocity agreement among states of the U.S., the
District of Columbia, and provinces of Canada which recognizes the
registration of commercial motor vehicles issued by other
jurisdictions. Motor carriers register with and pay to one
jurisdiction (their "base jurisdiction"). Registered
motor carriers receive apportioned plates and are able to travel
through all IRP member jurisdictions. Commercial motor vehicles
either alone or used in combination weighing more than 26,000
pounds (11,794 kilograms), and traveling in two or more
jurisdictions, are likely registered under IRP.
In recent litigation, plaintiff attorneys will attempt to attach
liability to motor carriers via the IRP when at-fault drivers are
neither operating commercial motor vehicles owned by or leased from
the motor carriers, nor utilizing the motor carriers' operating
authority because the motor carriers failed to delete vehicles from
their
