 Traveling to Canada from USA with Temporary plates
Stephan in Burlington wrote:
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> Inteerstingly enough (or maybe not), on the way home from work today,
> I saw a commercial van in Oakville with a temporary plate from
> Illinois.
There used to be reciprocal registration agreements between Ontario and
most (not all) states. If they are based or have a base in the state where
they are plated they can come into Ontario to deliver a load or to pick one
up as long as they weren't running point to point, which also be a customs
and immigration violation. There was never reciprocal registration
exemptions for the Canadian provinces. They had to get plates prorated for
the provinces in which they were operating, which involved paying a fee to
each of those provinces and it would appear on the registration cab card.
Now there is an International Registration Program (IRP) which allows them
one plate but prorated registration paid to numerous states and provinces.
For some reason, a number of states do not give them their plates right
away. They get a temporary registration until their plates come in and the
prorates will show on the permit.
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