Vehicle marking/Identification - Rhode Island

Federal regulations

Rhode Island has adopted Sec. 390.21 of the Federal Regulations.

Intrastate

Every motor truck and every truck-tractor exceeding a gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight of 10,000 pounds must be identified with the name, trade name or company identifying logo and the city and state of the owner and operating carrier, or individual transporting property, when the transportation is for the furtherance of any commercial enterprise. However, in lieu of the city and state, one of the following may be displayed on the vehicle:

Interstate

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, city or state to be displayed on the vehicle.