Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 31 - Public Safety
Part 1 - DRIVER SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 10 - CDL Administration
Rule 31-1-10.6 - Commercial Driver License "CDLIS"

a. You will need to issue them a Mississippi Commercial Driver License, you will need to bring all information from the CDLIS using the exact information that is on CDLIS. DO NOT issue an assigned number before you bring them over on CDLIS.

b. Once you have done this, you may then go in and give them an assigned number by using a free shot. After giving the free shot, you can then call Headquarters CDL Help Desk and have someone to remove the free shot.

c. Make sure that you go in and add the new assigned number to CDLIS. You may have to do a Change Data Record.

a. Make sure that the proper documentation is paper clipped to the application (a copy of the original document MUST be attached). DO NOT SEND IN NAME CHANGE FORMS WITHOUT THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION!

b. Any change done to a commercial license must be changed on CDLIS also. A Change Data Record has to be done.

a. The applicant must provide the out-of-state license (not over thirty (30) days old), Social Security card, and proof of Mississippi residence. They are required to pay the $25.00 application fee, $40.00 license fee and $5.00 for each endorsement. If they have HAZ/MAT, they are required to retest.

b. Verify that the driver does not hold a Mississippi driver's license (DIS LIC).

c. Verify that the driver is or is not on the Commercial Driver License Information System:

d. The Change State of Record procedures consist of several different processes at the new State of Record, the old State of Record, and the Central Site. The primary procedural responsibilities belong to the new State of Record. The discussion which follows assumes that the State will comply with the CMVSA requirement to check NDR and fully consider the NDR response prior to licensing a commercial driver.

e. A Change State of Record procedure begins when a driver holding a CDL presents an application to another state for a CDL or commercial permit.

f. In the Change State of Record procedure, the new state will require the driver to surrender their commercial license from the old state. When the new state has determined that the person who presented the license is the licensee, has adequately proven new residency, and has based all normal State reviews establishing the driver's identification, the procedure may begin.

g. It is possible that the driver may want to relinquish their CDL and receive a non- commercial license from the new state. In this case, the preferred procedure is for the new state to perform a Change State of Record (UD). Changing the pointer to the new state is the best means to support the concept of one license, one driver, one record. If the new state wishes, it may account for the cost of these pointers and claim a credit on its AAMVA net bill.

h. If for some reason, the new state that accepts the surrendered CDL cannot take the pointer record, no Change State of Record (UD) is performed. The new state should return the surrendered CDL to the old State of Record and notify them that this driver has relinquished their privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle. In such cases, the State of Record for the CDL has not changed and as far as CDLIS is concerned, the State that originally issued the CDL will remain the State of Record until another State issues a CDL to that driver. Please note that under the Driver License Reciprocity (DLR) application, the new SOR will be required to perform a CDLIS Change State of Record and move the pointer when notified by the old SOR that a CDLIS pointer exists for the driver.

i. Any state that transmits a Driver History Conviction (H3) to another state via a CSOR (UD) transaction should edit and validate conviction offense codes before they are sent out. The new SOR should also edit and validate conviction offense codes received from other States. This process should be performed by both the sending (old SOR) and receiving (new SOR) states to help insure data integrity. The overall purpose of editing is to identify errors that, if not corrected, would interfere with the new SOR's ability to interpret the data and to determine whether to take any driver control actions.

j. Please note that there are many other errors that a new SOR may identify and return to the sending (old SOR) State.