<p> Trailer or Intra-State Inspection Inter-State Semi-Trailer Commerce Needed? Commerce* NOT used in * commerce</p><p>Up to 3,000 This new law clarifies that a trailer or Lbs GVWR Yes No No semi-trailer is subject to a safety or actual inspection in Maine as follows; weight</p><p> When the combination of 3,001 – 7,000 lbs GVWR vehicles is NOT in commerce, the Yes Yes No SAFETY INSPECTION OF trailer or semi-trailer must be inspected or actual TRAILERS AND SEMI- when (by itself) it exceeds 7,000 weight TRAILERS IN MAINE pounds GVWR or actual gross weight. 7,001 lbs or  When the trailer or semi- more GVWR Yes Yes Yes trailer is used for inter-state or actual Generally, Maine law requires that commerce*, the trailer or semi-trailer weight trailers and semi-trailers with a GVWR must be inspected if the; (or actual weight) of 7,001 lbs or more Note that camp trailers are exempt from  Combined weight or weight inspection in Maine undergo an annual safety inspection. In rating of vehicles is 10,001 lbs or some cases, to be in compliance with more, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety  Trip is in commerce. Regulations, lighter trailers or semi- For additional information, please contact trailers may be required to be inspected if  When the trailer or semi- the Maine State Police Traffic Safety Unit they are used in commercei*. trailer is used for intra-state at (207) 624-8939 or check our website at commerce*, the trailer or semi-trailer www.maine.gov/dps/msp/vehicles_inspections The 123rd Maine Legislature passed a must be inspected if the; law, Public Law Chapter 348 (LD  Combined weight or weight 1817), which is intended to clarify the rating of vehicles is 10,001 lbs or inspection requirements for trailers and more, semi-trailers in Maine. This new law  Trip is in commerce, and became effective on September 20,  Trailer or semi-trailer 2007. exceeds 3,000 lbs i For additional information on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, please check FMCSA’s website at: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules- regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrguide.htm </p><p>* Inter- or Intra-state commerce” assumes that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations apply and that the combined weight is 10,001 lbs or more.</p>