Unified Carrier Registration Program ~ Midwest Compliance Inc.

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Unified Carrier Registration Program (UCR) Enforcement for 2009 will begin on January 1, 2009. The UCR 2009 renewal notices, instructions, and UCR letters were mailed the week ending October 24h, 2008. A Minnesota Carrier, for 2009 is required to use Minnesota as their base state for the Unified Carrier Program. In filing the 2009 application, the following options are available:
The preferred method and the highly recommended one is online registration in the national UCR online system hosted by the Indiana Department of Revenue. Go to www.ucr.in.gov and follow the step by step instructions. Payments may be made on-line using MasterCard, Visa or e-Check. If you met the requirements to file a UCR application for 2008, and DID NOT pay your fees, you MAY pay them electronically with your 2009 application through the Indiana Site.
The completed 2009 UCR Application can be mailed to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The check should be made payable to “Minnesota Commissioner of Transportation”. The mailing address is Minnesota Department of Transportation, 395 John Ireland Blvd. MS 420, St. Paul, MN 55155-1899.
MINNESOTA BASED CARRIERS SHOULD NOT MAIL THE UCR APPLICATION AND FEES TO ANY OTHER STATE THAN MINNESOTA. IT WILL NOT BE PROCESSED AND WILL BE RETURNED TO THE CARRIER.
The application and payment may be dropped off at the Transportation Building in St. Paul. A limited number of computers are available in the lobby area of theTransportation Building in St. Paul for use to file electronically and pay on line.
Renewals for the Unified Carrier Registration Program will be mailed in the fall of each year. 2008 UCR registration expires on December 31, 2008. There is NO grace period for UCR registration.
The 2009 UCR application, instructions, and UCR information letter along with a new "Questions & Answers" document are available below in a PDF format to view and print.
2009 UCR Agreement Letter
2009 UCR Instructions
2009 UCR Application
UCR Q & A's

UCR Trailer Exemption Awaits President's SignatureThe U.S. Senate also approved legislation last week that contains a provision to permanently exempt trailers from the Unified Carrier Registration Act (UCRA) fee calculation. The provision was included in the H.R. 2095, The Rail Safety Improvement Act, which passed the House on Sept. 23 and is expected to be signed into law by President Bush shortly. The UCRA was enacted by Congress in 2005 to replace the outdated and inequitable Single State Registration System. However, the statute creating the program contained a citation defining commercial motor vehicles that included both power units and trailing equipment. This required a motor carrier to calculate their fees on the basis of not only power units, but on all trailing equipment in their inventory forcing many carriers to pay a much higher fee. ATA has been working with Congress to correct the problem and permanently exempt trailing equipment from the fee calculation beginning in 2010 as was originally intended.

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