IFTA Credential Grace Period - Effective October 30, 2015

As a service to our membership, this October 30, 2015 memorandum from Lonette L. Turner, CEO is being issued in an effort to clarify the IFTA Credential Grace Period.

The IFTA Articles of Agreement, Section R655 provides:

R655 GRACE PERIOD

.100 — Carriers from new member jurisdictions shall be allowed a two-month grace period from the date of the new member's IFTA program implementation to display the IFTA license and decals. However, carriers must maintain the proper credentials for traveling in member jurisdictions until they display the valid IFTA license and decals.

.200 — Carriers renewing their IFTA license and decals have a two-month grace period (January and February) to display the renewal IFTA license and decals. To operate in IFTA jurisdictions during this grace period, carriers must display either valid current or prior year IFTA license and decals from the jurisdiction in which they were operating or a valid single-trip permit from the IFTA jurisdiction in which they are operating.

Because there are no new member jurisdictions implementing the IFTA in 2015, R655.200 above is the applicable language for the grace period in 2016.

Carriers must display one or more of the following to travel through IFTA member jurisdictions for the first two months of 2016:

  • A valid 2016 IFTA license and two IFTA decals issued by an IFTA member jurisdiction.
  • A valid 2015 IFTA license and two IFTA decals from an IFTA member jurisdiction (if a renewal application has been filed for 2016); or
  • A valid trip permit issued by the IFTA member jurisdiction through which they are operating.

Please be advised that IFTA License Renewals for 2016 must be filed with your base jurisdiction before the end of 015. The two-month grace period is for display of renewal credentials, not to file your renewal application for those credentials (See R655.200 above).

In order to have a seamless operation into the new calendar year, I encourage you to file your renewal application with your base jurisdiction well before December 31, 2015.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact your base jurisdiction. You can find contact information for your base jurisdiction by following the instructions below.

  1. Go to IFTA Inc.
  2. Click on One Stop Shop
  3. Select your jurisdiction from the drop-down box under the question “How Do I Contact My Base Jurisdiction?”
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