Change Unit
We remove the vehicle coming off your IRP account and add its replacement, then reissue the cab card under the new unit.
- Service fee
- Quoted on screen
- Filed with
- Your base jurisdiction
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Change Unit
We remove the vehicle coming off your IRP account and add its replacement, then reissue the cab card under the new unit.
We remove the vehicle coming off your IRP account and add its replacement, then reissue the cab card under the new unit. Every vehicle on an IRP account is tied to its own VIN, weight and cab card — the plate belongs to the fleet, but the credential is written to a specific unit. When a truck is sold, totaled, traded in, or simply cycled out for a newer one, the account still shows the old VIN until the swap is filed. Run under the new truck on the old cab card and the mismatch shows up at the scale, not before.
The most common reason for this filing is a straight truck-for-truck replacement — the old unit is gone, the new one is already on the lot or already running. Less often, it's a mid-year upgrade where the incoming vehicle carries a different declared weight than the one it replaces, which can shift the apportioned fee rather than simply carry it over.
Sequence matters here too. The outgoing unit has to be cleared from the account before the incoming one is added, and if the replacement's weight bracket differs from the original, that has to be flagged before submission — otherwise the jurisdiction issues the cab card against the wrong fee and it bounces back for correction. We confirm both before anything is filed.
The essentials
What you get
What happens after you order
The sequence starts when your details are complete. Where a jurisdiction requires something only it can do — an in-person signature, a VIN inspection, a physical plate surrender — we tell you up front and give you the address and the forms to bring.
- 01
You place the order
The new USDOT number and who the responsible carrier now is.
- 02
Verified and sequenced
The number is checked against federal carrier records, and we confirm the federal record reflects the change before the jurisdiction is asked to validate it — filed the wrong way round, this bounces.
- 03
Filed
Submitted electronically where your state allows it. We tell you first if your jurisdiction treats this as a new account rather than an amendment.
- 04
Every cab card reissued
The USDOT number is printed on the cab card, so each vehicle in the affected fleet gets a new one.
California IRP registration - same-day apportioned plates
IRP Registration Services is authorized through the California DMV Interstate Carrier Program (ICP), so we process California IRP registrations directly and issue apportioned plates, cab cards and decals from our own office - no DMV queue, no waiting on a mailed plate.
Issued from our office in Burbank, California
- Authorized under the California DMV ICP - We are permitted to process IRP registrations and issue credentials, not merely submit an application and wait.
- Plates, cab cards and decals issued in our office - The physical credentials are produced here in Burbank.
- As little as one business day - For a complete California filing, once your carrier and vehicle details are in.
- No DMV appointment, no field-office queue - And no separate trip for a VIN verification we can arrange for you.
- Every California filing type - New registration, renewal, added or deleted vehicles, weight and class changes, transfers, replacements and closures.
ICP authorization applies to California only. In the other 47 states we prepare and file your application and follow it through to issuance, but the credentials are produced and released by that jurisdiction.
Your exact price, before you pay anything
IRP pricing is not one flat number, because IRP filings are not one flat job. Four things move it - and all four are answered in the form, so your total is on screen and itemized before any payment is taken.
Your base jurisdiction
Every state sets its own registration fees and its own rules under the Plan, so the same truck does not cost the same in California as in Texas.
The application type
A first-time registration is more work than a cab card reissue. Ten application types, each priced for what it actually involves.
How many vehicles
Priced per vehicle and tiered - the more units on the filing, the lower the per-vehicle fee.
Gross vehicle weight
The declared weight bracket for each unit. Above 80,000 lb is quoted by phone rather than online.
- Our service fee for preparing and submitting the filing
- An experienced IRP specialist on your file from start to finish
- USDOT verification and carrier data pulled from federal records
- A document checklist specific to your jurisdiction and filing
- All communication with the state, including follow-up until issuance
- Credentials sent to you the moment the jurisdiction releases them
- State apportioned registration fees, set by your base jurisdiction
- Title, plate, decal or VIN inspection fees charged by the state
- Any penalty or late fee a jurisdiction assesses on your account
Apportioned fees are the state's arithmetic, not ours: the share of your fleet's distance run in a jurisdiction, multiplied by that jurisdiction's own registration fee, adjusted for declared weight. We pass those through at cost.
Above 80,000 lb: the top weight bracket is quoted by phone - call (888) 202-4927.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure which filing you need?
Tell us what changed on the truck or in the business and we will tell you which application it is - before you pay for anything.