No plate on your tractor? Running in as little as one day.
We register your tractor under Mondo Motion’s Ohio IRP account, pay the plate up front, and you leave with a 45-day temporary authority the same day the state accepts the paperwork. The plate is recovered from your first five settlements — nothing out of pocket.
USDOT 3492316 · MC 1149814 · verify on FMCSA
The plate, in numbers
published termsOne plate, every state
An IRP (International Registration Plan) plate lets one tractor run in all 48 states and Canada on a single registration, with the fees split between the states by miles. Getting your own means an established IRP account, an Ohio place of business, insurance filings and a few weeks of waiting. Under our account it is a day or two, because the account, the insurance and the filings already exist. Ohio BMV puts a full-year plate at 80,000 lb at roughly $1,600–$2,400 in state fees; the $2,500 covers the fees, the filings and the overnight shipping, at cost.
You send the documents
Title front and back, Form 2290 Schedule 1 and six photos of the tractor. Phone photos are fine. Everything is listed below with samples.
We file, you run
We add the tractor to our Ohio IRP account online, pay the invoice, and Ohio issues a 45-day temporary authority on the spot. It prints from your phone; you are legal to run that day. Plate and cab card follow by mail; ELD and PrePass ship overnight.
$500 a week, then done
Five deductions of $500, each one named on your Friday statement. Week six, the line disappears. Same 86%, same $650 in weekly deductions the whole time.
The document list, with samples
Ohio BMV’s IRP unit needs the same things from every leased tractor; we have added two of our own. Each sample below shows what we look for, so the first set you send is the last set you send.
| # | Document | Who requires it | What it must show |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Active vehicle title, front and back | Ohio BMV | VIN, year, make, owner name (you or your LLC), any lien. Back side unsigned. Photo of both sides, all corners visible. |
| 2 | IRS Form 2290, Schedule 1 | Ohio BMV | Current tax year, in the titled owner’s name, IRS watermark or stamp, VIN matching the title. Required once you have owned the truck 60 days; before that, the bill of sale. |
| 3 | Motor carrier safety statement (BMV 4885) and lease copy | Ohio BMV | Names Mondo Motion (USDOT 3492316) as the carrier responsible for safety. Filed by us. |
| 4 | Six photos of the tractor | Mondo Motion | Driver side, passenger side, front, rear, VIN plate, odometer. Daylight, whole truck in frame. Goes in your unit file and confirms the VIN before we pay the state. |
| 5 | Physical damage insurance on the tractor | Mondo Motion | Certificate in your name or your lender’s. Our liability and cargo cover you under dispatch; the truck itself is yours to insure. |
Official references: Ohio BMV — International Registration Plan · BMV 1700 IRP pamphlet. Samples below: the title is a real one with the owner’s details replaced by sample data; the 2290 is the IRS form filled in as a sample.
The six photos we need
Phone camera, daylight, whole tractor in frame, nothing parked in front of it. Tina checks the VIN plate against the title before the state gets paid, so photo 5 has to be readable.
Examples only — studio renders, not a Mondo Motion truck.
How to send it: text the photos to Tina at (513) 810-4455, send them on Telegram @tin_wilson, or email info@mondomotion.llc. One message: title, 2290, photos, insurance certificate. She confirms the VIN against the title and the door-jamb plate before anything is paid to the state.
Issued with the plate
| 45-day temporary authority | Issued by Ohio online the day the add is accepted; carry it in the cab until the plate arrives |
| Apportioned plate and cab card | Registered under Mondo Motion LLC, apportioned to Ohio; mailed in 7–15 business days |
| ELD | Electronic logging device for hours of service, ours, no charge |
| PrePass | Weigh-station bypass and toll transponder, ours, no charge |
| IFTA decals | Current-year decals; we file the quarterly IFTA return |
| Other compliance equipment | Whatever your setup requires, decided at onboarding |
Already have your own apportioned plate? Keep it. The program is only for tractors without one, and there is no charge if you bring your own.
The plate comes back, the same day
Inactive on termination
The moment the lease ends — your notice or ours — the plate is deactivated with the state. Running on it afterwards is operating under a registration you no longer hold: a DOT and FMCSA violation with your CDL on the line.
Return everything
Plate, cab card, ELD, PrePass and any other issued equipment go back to us. Unreturned items are charged at replacement cost against your final settlement and escrow.
Any balance is settled
Leave inside the first five weeks and the unrecovered part of the $2,500 comes off the final settlement and, if needed, the escrow. Nothing is billed beyond that.
Plate program questions
Why $2,500?
Ohio BMV puts a full-year apportioned plate for a tractor at 80,000 lb at roughly $1,600–$2,400 in state fees, depending on the states you run. Add the registration filings, the temporary authority and overnight shipping of the plate, ELD and PrePass. We pass it through at cost and spread it over five weeks.
Can I really run the same day?
Yes. Ohio issues a 45-day temporary authority online as part of the add-vehicle transaction, as soon as the paperwork is accepted and the invoice is paid. Most delays are on the documents — a blurry title, a 2290 in a previous owner’s name — which is why the samples above exist.
Can I pay it faster, or slower?
Faster, yes — tell settlements and it comes off in fewer weeks. Slower, no; five weeks is the program.
Does the plate program change my pay?
No. Same 86%, same $650 in weekly deductions. The plate is a separate, named line for five weeks only.
What if my title has a lien?
Common. Ohio still registers the truck to our account, but we ask your lender for a letter of no objection first; most issue it within a day or two.
I bought the truck last month and have no 2290 yet.
Ohio waives the Schedule 1 for the first 60 days of ownership; we file with the bill of sale. You still owe the HVUT to the IRS by the end of the month after you bought it — Tina walks you through filing it the same day, and the stamped Schedule 1 goes in your file.
Is the plate mine when it is paid off?
No. The registration is in Mondo Motion’s name and stays company property, like the ELD. What you are paying is the state fee for the year you run on it.