Missouri trucking permits

Trip, fuel and oversize/overweight permits for Missouri — what the state requires, how it prices them, and how to get them filed.

How Missouri prices a permit

In Missouri, what you pay turns on how heavy the load is and how far over legal it measures. Distance does not enter into it — a four-mile clip of the corner costs the same as running Missouri end to end.

States do not use a common formula. Missouri charges on dimension bands and a charge per unit of weight over the limit, depending on the permit and the configuration:

dimension bands
Length, width and height are read together against a set of bands, and the band you land in sets the fee.
a charge per unit of weight over the limit
You pay for each increment above the legal weight, so a small overage costs proportionally little.

What Missouri permits cost

The state's own fee, plus what we charge to prepare and file it. Your total depends on the trip, so the quote is the number that counts — these are the floors we hold on file.

PermitMissouri feeOur fee
Trip Permitfrom $10$29
Fuel Permitfrom $10$29
Oversize / Overweightby weight, axles and distance$39

A handling fee applies to each permit line. Nothing is charged until you have seen the total.

Fees and limits on this page were last checked in September 2026. States change fee schedules, legal limits and office hours without notice, and some fees depend on details we only know once you tell us the trip. Missouri is the authority, not this page — treat these as a guide and the quote as the number.

When you need an oversize permit in Missouri

Width and gross weight are federal everywhere — over 102 inches wide or 80,000 lbs and you need a permit in Missouri and in every other state. What changes at the state line is height, trailer length and what the axles may carry.

Height
14'
above the 13' 6" baseline
Semi-trailer length
53'
federal baseline 53'
Tandem axle
34,000 lbs
federal baseline 34,000 lbs
  • Missouri allows 14' of height where the federal baseline is 13' 6" — a load that needs a permit elsewhere may be legal here.

Overhangs, single and tridem axles and the full table are on the Missouri regulations page.

The Missouri permit office

Who issues the permit, when they are open, and where they take applications. We deal with them so you do not have to — but if you would rather call them yourself, this is the desk.

Fuel (IFTA)

Oversize/ Overweight

Weekday hours
Mon–Fri 7:30 AM4:00 PM

Temporary Trip (IRP)

Weekday hours
Mon–Fri 7:30 AM4:00 PM

Crossing more than Missouri?

Most trips need permits in more than one state. Pick another, or price the whole route at once.

Price a route