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Final ruleTook effect July 22, 2026

Completed Inspection Report Disposition

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register June 22, 2026. Document 2026-12450. Updated Nov. 9, 2026.

What it does

FMCSA amends the regulations to revise the requirement that motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers sign and return a completed roadside inspection form to the issuing State agency. FMCSA is aware that not all issuing State agencies require the return of these reports, and that requiring motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers to submit these reports to a State that does not require, or even request, the return of the form creates an unnecessary burden. Through this change, completed forms will only be returned to those States that request them. This action is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA).

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

49 CFR 396

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published 21 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 6 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2126-AC90 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective July 22, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-12450
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
PublishedJune 22, 2026
Effective dateJuly 22, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2126-AC90
DocketFMCSA-2025-0116

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register