Code of Maine Rules
29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 171 - THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION AGREEMENT
Section 250-171-10 - ANNUAL FILING

1. All entities subject to the UCRA must submit an annual filing of information required under the UCRA and pay all UCR fees.

2. A person subject to the UCRA must register with its base state prior to operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.

3. The registration period for a registration year begins on August 1 of the calendar year immediately proceeding the registration year or on the date the UCR Board authorizes the participating states to begin sending their UCR renewal notices, whichever is later.

4. The submission of a completed Unified Carrier Registration Form (UCR Form) and the payment of UCR fees will be considered timely if both are submitted to the state of Maine on or before December 31 of the calendar year immediately prior to the UCRA registration year for which registration is sought. The Bureau cannot guarantee that submissions, except for those transacted online, received after December 20 will be processed in time to submit compliance data to SAFER by midnight, December 31.

5. For registrants based in Maine an electronic submission is considered timely filed if the registration and fee payment is successfully transacted through a national, regional, or state of Maine electronic system on or before December 31 of the calendar year immediately prior to the UCR registration year for which registration is sought. Maine must be identified as the base state in the electronic filing.

6. Only one annual filing is required of the registrant. The registrant is not required to make any additional or supplemental filings during the registration year for the addition or deletion of any commercial motor vehicles in the registrant's fleet.

7. An annual filing shall be considered complete if: