Chapter 11-1 International Registration Plan International Registration Plan (IRP) The International Registration Plan (IRP) is a registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States, the District of Columbia and Provinces of Canada. IRP is an optional program for licensing commercial vehicles traveling in two or more IRP jurisdictions. A Jurisdiction may be a state or a Canadian province. There are currently 59 Current IRP Jurisdiction Members. Massachusetts has license plate reciprocity with all IRP jurisdictions. All member IRP jurisdictions are required to comply with the following three basic concepts of the Plan: 1. Issuance of an apportioned license plate. 2. Issuance of a single registration or cab card. 3. Allow intrastate and interstate movement. Under the IRP, an interstate carrier files an application with the jurisdiction in which he/ she is bases. That jurisdiction is known as the base jurisdiction. The IRP agreement allows the base jurisdiction to collect the registration fees for the other IRP jurisdictions. These fees are based upon mileage and weight information submitted by the carrier. The base jurisdiction issues a set of apportioned plates and CAB card for each vehicle. The set of apportioned plates and CAB card are the only license plate credentials necessary to operate a vehicle in member IRP jurisdictions. The cab card lists all the IRP jurisdictions and corresponding weights. 04/16 11:5