• The base jurisdiction registers an apportionable vehicle and issues credentials.
• Credentials are issued once an applicant has provided all required information and paid all fees.
• The distance schedule and supplemental application forms provide necessary information.

Under the International Registration Plan (IRP), the base jurisdiction registers an apportionable vehicle and issues credentials when an applicant has provided all information required and has paid all fees. The distance schedule and supplemental applications provide necessary information to receive and maintain registration.

Distance schedule: Average per-vehicle distance

When filing the distance schedule for a carrier’s initial application, an average per-vehicle distance chart is used to determine the fees.

Base jurisdictions calculate their average per-vehicle distance by:

1. Determining the total actual distances reported to the base jurisdiction as having been operated in each member jurisdiction by fleets for which the base jurisdiction served as the base jurisdiction during the previous registration year;
2. Determining the number of apportioned vehicles for which the base jurisdiction served as base jurisdiction during the previous registration year that accrued distance in each respective member jurisdiction; and
3. For each jurisdiction, dividing the distance determined under item 1 above by the number of apportioned vehicles determined under item 2 above.

Jurisdictions are required to provide an updated average per-vehicle distance chart by March 31 of each year.

When a registrant renews the registration, the distance percentage for the base jurisdiction is computed by adding the reciprocal jurisdiction distance (jurisdictions which are not members of the IRP) to the base jurisdiction distance and dividing that sum by the total fleet distance. Then, the distance percentage is computed for the other International Registration Plan (IRP) member jurisdictions which the registrant is operating into and apportioning with, by dividing each jurisdiction’s distance by the total fleet distance (carry to six decimal places and round back to five). Upon completion, all percentages added together should total 100 percent of the fleet’s all jurisdiction total distance.

For reporting purposes, the distance year runs from July 1 through June 30 of the following year — regardless of when the jurisdiction’s actual registration year began.

Supplemental applications

After the original application has been filed, carriers can make changes to their fleets by filing a supplemental application to add units, delete units and transfer credentials, or even change weight classifications. To make any of these changes, the carrier uses the original distance schedule as filed at the beginning of the year, since none of the jurisdiction percentages used to compute additional fees need to be changed. Vehicles added to the fleet after the commencement of the registration year shall be registered by applying the distance percentage used in the original application for such fleet, based on the remainder of the registration year.