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DOR > Motor Carrier Professionals > IFTA/MCFT > Indiana Motor Carrier Fuel Tax License Indiana Motor Carrier Fuel Tax License

MCFT License
(Fuel Taxes for Indiana Carriers)

Revised 02/04/05

You must have an Indiana MCFT License if you:

  1. Travel only in Indiana and have a motor vehicle used, designed, or maintained for the transportation of persons or property having:
    1. two axles with a gross vehicle weight,  or registered weight, in excess of 26,000 pounds;
    2. three axles or more, regardless of weight; or
    3. in combination (power unit and trailing unit) with a combined gross vehicle weight, or combined registered weight,  in excess of 26,000 pounds
  2. Have a passenger vehicle that is designed to seat more than nine (9) passengers, in addition to the driver, that travels only in Indiana or in multiple jurisdictions.

NOTE: The following vehicles are not required to have a MCFT license if they travel only in Indiana:

  1. vehicles operated by the State of Indiana or a political subdivision thereof;
  2. vehicles operated by the United States or by an agency of states in which Indiana participates;
  3. school buses operated by, for, or on behalf of a state, a political subdivision of a state, or a private or privately operated school;
  4. vehicles used in casual or charter bus operations;
  5. vehicles registered by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles as farm trucks, farm trailers or farm semi trailers and tractors, or under a similar law of another state;
  6. an intercity bus;
  7. vehicles displaying a dealer registration plate; or
  8. recreational vehicles.

You must have the following items to apply for an MCFT License:

  • A completed Form MCFT-1
  • Proof of a valid Indiana physical address
  • A USDOT number
  • If incorporated, you must have the corporate officer's information.
  • Pay a fee of 25.00