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Connecticut adopted Sec. 390.21 of the Federal Regulations as regulation incorporated under CGS 14-163c-1, and has established the following policy for compliance:
Connecticut State Law requires that motor carriers operating commercial vehicles intrastate and meeting any or all of the following requirements:
Display upon each vehicle the following information:
The marking must:
Applications for a CT issued US DOT number must be submitted to the Connecticut Motor Vehicle Department.
All commercial motor carriers (for-hire and private) operating interstate are subject to the marking requirements of 49 CFR 390.21 which requires all CMVs to display, on both sides of the power unit, the US DOT number and the legal name of the business entity that owns or controls the motor carrier operation, or the “doing business as” (DBA) name, as it appears on the Form MCS 150.
Any new or used commercial vehicles added to a motor carrier’s fleet must be identified with the US DOT number and single trade name before being put into service.
The regulations do not require the MC number or city/state to be displayed on the vehicle.