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Truck permit quote checker
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Every permit quote is two prices glued together: what the government charges, and what the service adds for handling it. States publish the first number — but scattered across fifty agency sites, so almost nobody checks. Pick the fee, enter your quote, and see the split: the official amount with its source, and the markup, in dollars and percent.
Pick the fee you were quoted for and enter the quote — the official government amount, its source and the markup appear here.
Only flat published fees are comparable here — oversize/overweight and other formula-priced permits vary by load and route, so a flat quote for those can't be checked this way. Fees change; the verification date above says when we last confirmed the amount.
Why the split matters
Filing services are a real product — the fair question isn't whether to ever use one, it's whether this markup on this filing is worth it to you. A $23 service fee on a trip permit the night before a run usually is. A $600 markup on a $300 federal filing usually isn't. The only way to make that call is to know the government's own number, and that's the number nobody quotes you.
Frequently asked questions
Is my trucking permit quote fair?
Compare it to the government's own published fee — that's what this checker shows, with the agency source and the date we last verified the amount. The difference is the service fee. A markup in the tens of dollars is a normal price for someone handling the filing and the follow-up; a quote several times the official fee deserves the question "what exactly am I paying for?"
Are permit services a scam, then?
No — a legitimate filing service saves real time: correct forms, agency phone queues, same-day turnaround at a port of entry. The problem this tool addresses is opacity, not the service itself. When you can see that a $62 permit was quoted at $85, you can decide whether $23 of convenience is worth it. Sometimes it clearly is.
Which fees can I check?
Every flat published fee we track: federal filings like MC operating authority ($300 to FMCSA) and PHMSA hazmat registration, and each state's temporary trip permits, fuel permits, IFTA credentials, weight-distance enrollments and intrastate authority fees. Formula-priced permits — oversize/overweight above all — vary by load and route, so a flat quote for those can't be compared this way.
Where do the official amounts come from?
From each agency's own published schedule — a DMV, DOT, revenue department or FMCSA page, or the statute — recorded with its source URL and the date we independently verified it. When a state prices by formula instead of a flat amount, we say so rather than inventing a number. Fees change; the verification date tells you how fresh the figure is.
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Start freeOfficial fees change without notice; the verification date shows when each amount was last confirmed against the agency source. Service-fee bands are editorial context, not legal or pricing advice. Formula-priced permits (notably oversize/overweight) can't be compared to a flat quote.