State-by-state DVIR guide

Official-source summaries for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Use these with the federal DVIR guides, not instead of advice in your own area.

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Last reviewed November 12, 2026.

Each page covers how that state, or the District of Columbia, applies DVIR and related commercial-vehicle inspection rules, based on official sources reviewed November 12, 2026. Interstate CMV operations remain subject to the federal FMCSRs, including 49 CFR Part 396, regardless of in-state variations.

Where we could not verify a state-specific detail from official sources, the state page says so, links the official agency, and does not invent a threshold or exemption.

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