Illinois Administrative Code
Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 1010 - CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Subpart H - SECOND DIVISION VEHICLES
Section 1010.725 - Trip Leasing
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, March 28, 2025
A trip lease is the lease of a vehicle and its use by a lessee for one-trip. The leased vehicle must be properly registered. Properly registered shall mean a valid base plate from the "home state", plus any one of the following: prorate decal, reciprocity permit, valid trip permit; or an apportionment plate qualified in Illinois.
a) "Commercial" Vehicles: Trucks, buses, and any other "commercial" vehicle, whether for-hire or not-for-hire, may be trip leased for use by the lessee within Illinois subject to the following limitations:
b) In all cases, trip-leases shall not be used to avoid Illinois registration requirements, all vehicles under trip-lease must be properly identifiable as being operated by the lessee, and the evidences of registration issued to the owner must be in the cab of the lease vehicle.
c) In the case of a "for-hire" movement, the "certificates, permit or registration authorizing such operation" required by law for the lessee shall be carried in the cab of the leased vehicle.
d) All commercial vehicles registered in another State must also comply with the documentary requirements of Section 1730.130.
e) Trip-lease records and mileage records must be kept for audit purposes.