Vehicle marking/Identification - Virginia

Federal regulations

Virginia has adopted Sec. 390.21 of the Federal Regulations .*

Applicability

Section 390.21 applies to vehicles over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, whichever is greater, and vehicles of any size used to transport materials in a quantity requiring placarding.

Additional requirements

A for-hire motor vehicle with a registered gross weight of 10,000 pounds or more must display the legal name or trade name of the motor carrier on both sides of 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 or city/state to be displayed on the vehicle.