Hauling Permits
Announcements
Effective Monday, May 6, 2013, the Central Permit Office will no longer be scheduling low-impact monitors; it will be the trucking company's responsibility to call the Low Impact Monitoring Dispatch Office and schedule monitors when low-impact bridge crossings are required. If a permit is approved at low-impact, we will issue the permit with the bridges to be low-impacted and their locations and the required speed listed; there will also be a phone number on the permit to call and schedule the monitors. Please read all instructions carefully and note that, if low-impact is required, this is a condition of the permit - you will be in violation if you attempt to make the move without a monitor.
The Central Permits Section issues all types of Hauling permits to move everything from mobile homes to giant superloads. You can order your permits over the internet directly from us, but you may want to try www.gotpermits.com. We strongly recommend that you try this site. At present, you can still submit applications through www.transportation.wv.gov and be billed for the permit fees, but this may no longer be an option later this calendar year. The Division plans to route all applications through www.gotpermits.com (for multi-state permits) or www.wv.gotpermits.com (for West Virginia permits only). This is being done to improve service to you and to eliminate large backlogs of permit applications in the Division's Central Permit Office. A usage fee will continue to be charged to customers who use www.gotpermits.com but, once permits are no longer available from the www.transportation.wv.gov site, no usage fee will be charged to users of www.wv.gotpermits.com.
In anticipation of this change, it may be to your advantage to try www.gotpermits.com, rather that setting up an account and submitting applications through www.transportation.wv.gov.
WWW.GotPermits.com is a self-issue site, owned and operated by Bentley Systems, our software provider. This site allows applicants to enter their information, analyze the routes to be taken and, if the trip passes the analysis, issue their own permits. It can be a very quick method of getting permits, especially for moderately overweight/oversize loads traveling on major routes. GotPermits accepts major credit cards or you may set up an escrow account with Bentley Systems. Bentley Systems does charge a nominal usage fee (besides our regular permit fees) for permits issued through GotPermits, but there is no charge for registration or to simply analyze trips to see if they will pass. To use the site, go to www.gotpermits.com and follow the on-screen instructions.
If you need permits quickly but don’t have the resources or the inclination to use www.GotPermits.com, there are a number of commercial permit services that will try to self-issue your permits for you through the site. Following, is a list of permit services that responded to a survey indicating that they will use www.GotPermits.com for their customers. Please note: this is almost certainly not a complete list. If you represent a permit service that will use www.GotPermits.com and want to be included in this list, please send an email to wayne.j.kessinger@wv.gov.
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Across America Trucking Services
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(605) 256-3301
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Coast to Coast Trucking Permits, LLC
Comdata Network
Continental Transportation Services, Inc
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(865) 963-0830
(800) 749-7166
(877) 736-4411
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Ernie's Permit Service
High Wide & Heavy Oversize
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(530) 742-1046
(718) 966-7255
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Jet Permit Ltd.
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(414) 425-7712
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Maryland Permit Service
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(410) 561-1901
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NES (Nationwide Express Services)
Nova Permits and Pilot Cars
Permit Express
Permit America
Presto Permits
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(740) 982-3737
(800) 567-7775
(563) 582-7261
(866) 573-7648
(267) 640-8348
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Rite-Way Transportation Services, LLC
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(866) 606-6148
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River City Permits, LLC
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(563) 543-2888
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SLT Permits.com
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(714) 804-0502
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T-Chek Systems, Inc.
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(877) 237-2435
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Trans/Mid-America, Inc.
Transport Permits Ltd
West Chester Permit, LLC
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(402) 493-7201
(800) 373-9033
(800) 734-3544
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To use our regular online application site, all you need is a state account. You will be billed for state permit fees only (no usage fee). If you already have a state account, just call the Permits Section at the number listed below and get them to give you a logon account and a password. If you do not have a state account and would like to get one, call our Finance Division for the requirements at (304) 558-3122, or download the required forms by clicking on the link below.
Business Information Sheet
You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.
FAX the form to the number on it or return it to the following address:
WV Division of Highways
Finance Division
Building 5, Room A-220
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0430
After you get your state account, you will need to contact the Permits Section at (304) 558-0384 to obtain your logon account and your password. Once all this is done, just click on Permits Online, logon, and enter your trip requests on-line.
There are many advantages to entering your requests on-line. After you have submitted your request, our system will assign you a trip request number you can use to track the progress of your requests through the issuing process. Since the information regarding your trip is already entered into our system, the permitters do not have to key in all the data, risking typographical errors, and expediting the issuing process. This saves you time and costs less than faxing applications long distance and calling the permitters regarding the progress of your permits.
You may also use any of a number of commercial permit services. Most of them are set up to do business with us, and this too can be an efficient way of getting permits, especially for those who prefer to not be directly involved in securing permits.
If you are in the Charleston, West Virginia area, you are also welcome to come in and apply in person. Our office is at the address below in the Capitol Complex. We are open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exluding state holidays (we post upcoming holidays and office closures at the top of this page). Please note, however, that we do not accept cash or credit cards at our office - checks or state accounts only.
Before ordering permits, you can save time by reviewing Weight and Clearance Restrictions 2013.pdf, to make sure that you select viable routes on your applications.
You should also check our Construction List. This document is update each time a construction restriction is added or removed.
PERMITS MUST BE ORDERED ON THE PROPER APPLICATION. ANYTHING MORE THAN 120,000 LBS. GVW OR MORE THAN 16' WIDE IS A SUPERLOAD AND MUST BE ORDERED AS A SUPERLOAD - ORDERING A SUPERLOAD ON A REGULAR SINGLE TRIP APPLICATION WILL RESULT IN A LONGER PROCESSING TIME.
Permits Online
PERMIT CANCELLATION FEE
We charge $20 for all superload applications that are not activated (resulting in permits) within 30 days of the analysis. In other words, we will keep all Superload applications for 30 days, after which (if you do not request permits to be issued for these applications) we will charge your state account $20 per application. This does not apply to applications that are denied by District Bridge Department personnel. It also will not apply to applications that you cancel (by faxing us a cancellation notice) before the application is opened by one of our staff and the analysis is run. Furthermore, you must keep track of your own applications. We will not honor requests from you to count applications submitted but not activated - this is your responsibility.
NEW WEEKEND TRAVEL RULES
We will now grant weekend travel when requested for anything not over 14' wide, unless on the West Virginia Turnpike or requiring low impact. Weekend travel on the West Virginia Turnpike may be requested and will be considered using the same criteria as we have always used.
For travel restrictions, please click on:
HIGH TRAVEL DAYS 2013.pdfGeneral Information
Permit Information -- Updated 5/9/2013: This link will take you to information about legal limits in West Virginia, descriptions of all of the different kinds of hauling permits we issue, escort requirements, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
PRINTABLE APPLICATIONS: These are provided for those who prefer to order permits via FAX (Blanket, Mobile Home Blanket, Seagoing Containerized Cargo only), by U.S. Mail, or in person.
Single Trip (regular)
Single Trip Mobile Home (up to 14' Wide)
Single Trip 16' Wide Mobile Home
Superload
Blanket
Mobile Home Blanket Permit Application.doc
Seagoing Containerized Cargo Blanket
Wayne Kessinger, Permit Section Administrator
Beverly Bennett, Permits Supervisor
Building Five, Room 356
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston WV, 25305-0430
Phone: 304-558-0384
Email dot.permitsgroup@wv.gov for General Information or Questions About Hauling Permits