With all the State and Federal Government regulations regarding Commercial Vehicle identification, we decided to create a site where you can easily create and order those decals needed for your vehicles.

Briefly, here are the regulations as we understand them, effective as of 3/22/09.

In California, a Commercial vehicle with a GVW of over 10,000 pounds is required to have on the vehicle the company's registered name and the company's CA license number. Both need to be clearly visible from 50 ft., which we interpret to mean a minimum size of 2" lettering in a color which boldly contrasts the background color of the vehicle.

For a tractor, that would mean having BOTH the company's registered name AND the CA number on the cab doors. For a Straight truck (Box truck, bobtail truck) the company name may be on the sides of the box, and only the CA number on the cab doors.

If a vehicle has a USDOT number, there is no need to also carry a CA number.

CA and USDOT numbers are normally placed at the bottom of the cab door, or just behind the cab door on a sleeper unit. If the owner has several rows of numbers, such as CA, USDOT, MCC, GVW, VIN#, those are often all put in a stack on the area behind the cab door, on the sleeper, or if on a straight truck, on the front lower corner area.

For refrigerated large commercial vehicles, DIESEL POWERED REEFER UNITS must be tested and licensed and carry on BOTH SIDES of the unit, in 2" bold numbers, the CARB (California Air Resources Board) license number assigned to that unit.

Federal USDOT regulations have recently changed in that they still require the company's registered name and the USDOT numbers but no longer require the city and state.

Because all of the regulations are continually changing, please go to the official governmental websites (linked at the side of this page) to confirm any of the above statements or get answers to any of your questions. We do not accept any legal responsibility for your failure to comply with your requirements.

There are also requirements for MCC numbers and other states may have their own requirements, so please check with all the online Federal and State agencies to determine what is needed on your vehicle.

To begin the order process for your name and/or regulation numbers, CLICK HERE