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Licensure Disclosure - Escort Vehicle Operator and Flagger

SCC Contact Information:

Scott Sutton
Dean of Workforce Continuing Education
scotts@southwesterncc.edu
828.339.4296
800.447.4091, ext. 4296

Contact Information for Other States

State Meets State Educational Requirements/Does Not Meet
State Educational Requirements for Licensure or Certification
Agency Information Notes

Alabama

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation Permits Office

P.O. Box 303050

Montgomery, AL 36130

Phone: 800-499-2782

Fax: (334)832-9084

Website: http://www.dot.state.al.us/

May not require certification. 

 

Alaska

Meets state educational requirements

Alaska Department of Transportation

Division of Measurement Standards CVCSC

11900 Industry Way Bldg. M

Anchorage, AK 99515

Phone: (907)341-3200 | (800)478-7636 (within Alaska)

Fax:  (907)341-3221 | (866)345-2641 (within Alaska)

Fax-on-demand: (907)348-9876

Website: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing.aspx

May not require certification.

American Samoa

Undetermined

Office of Motor Vehicles

Department of Public Safety

Government of American Samoa

Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA

Phone: (684) 699-9199 or 9188

Fax: (684) 699-4224

Website: https://www.americansamoa.gov/

 

Arizona

Meets state educational requirements

Arizona Trucking Association

7500 W. Madison Street

Tolleson, AZ  85353

Phone:  602-850-6004

Website:  https://arizonatrucking.com/escort-operator/   &  https://arizonatrucking.com/certified-escort-driver/

 

Arkansas

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation Permits Office

State Hwy & Trans Dept-Permits  

Phone: (501)569-2381

P.O. Box 2261; 10324 Interstate 30

Little Rock, AR 72203

website: https://www.ardot.gov/

May not require certification. 

California

Meets state educational requirements

CALTRANS Northern (North of San Luis Obispo/Kern Co.line)

1823 14th St.

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916-322-1297

Fax: (916)322-4966

Mailing address:

CDOT

PO Box 942874

Sacramento, CA 94274-0001

CALTRANS-Southern office (South of SLO/Kern Co. Line)

(South of SLO/Kern Co. Line

655 W. 2nd St., MS#618

San Bernadino, CA 92404-1400

Phone: 909-383-4637

Fax: (909)388-7001

Mailing address:

CDOT

464 W. 4th St., MS #618

San Bernardino, CA 92404-1400

Website: https://dot.ca.gov

May not require certification.

Colorado

Does not meet state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation Permits Office

Colorado Dept. of Transportation

OS/OW Permit Office

4201 E Arkansas Ave, Rm 290

Denver, CO 80222

Phone: 303-757-9539

Fax: (303)757-9719

Website: https://www.codot.gov/business/permits/truckpermits/pilot-car-certificat...

 

Connecticut

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation

2800 Berlin Turnpike

PO Box 317546

Newington, CT 06131-7546

Phone: (860)594-2880

Fax: (860)594-2949

Website: https://portal.ct.gov/DOT

May not require certification.

Delaware

Meets state educational requirements

Delaware Dept. of Transportation

Administration Center

800 Bay Rd. or PO Box 778

Dover, DE 19903

(302)760-2080

Website: https://deldot.gov/osow/application/

May not require certification.

District of Columbia

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation Permit Office

Washington, DC DOT

941B Capitol St. NE, Ste. 2300

Washington, DC 20001

Phone: (202)442-4670

Website: https://ddot.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ddot/publication/attach...

May not require certification.

Florida

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation-Permit Section

Mail Station 62

605 Suwanee Street

Tallahassee, FL 32399

Phone: 850-410-5777

Fax: 850-421-5779

Website: https://www.fdot.gov/

 

Georgia

Meets state educational requirements

Georgia Department of Public Safety

Oversize Permit Unit

Attn: Certified Escort Vehicle Program

PO Box 1456

Atlanta, GA 30371

Phone: 404-635-8176

Fax: 404-635-8516

Website: http://www.gamccd.net/OSPermit/OSPMain.aspx

 

Guam

Undetermined

Guam  Motor Vehicle Division

Dept. of Revenue & Taxation

Taxpayer Services Division

P.O. Box 23607

Barrigada, Guam 96921

Contact: Frank G. Leon Guerrero, Deputy Director

Phone: (671) 635-1816

Email: frank.leonguerrero@revtax.guam.gov

Contact Form: https://www.guamtax.com/app/contactus.do

Website: https://www.guamtax.com/about/mvd.html

 

Hawaii

Meets state educational requirements

Department of Transportation

Highways Division

Aliiaimoku Building

869 Punchbowl Street, Room 513

Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone: (808) 831-6700

Website: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/

May not require certification.

Idaho

Meets state educational requirements

Department of Transportation Permits Office

Idaho Transportation Department

3311 W. State St. or PO Box 7129

Boise, ID 83707-1129

Phone: 208-334-8420

Email: DMV-Permits@itd.idaho.gov

Website: https://itd.idaho.gov//itddmv/?target=ports-of-entry&target=ports-of-ent...

May not require certification.

Illinois

Meets Educational Requirements

Dept. of Transportation Permit Office

2300 S Dirksen Pkwy, Rm 117   

Springfield, IL 62764

Phone: 217-785-1477

Fax: 217-782-3572

E-mail: PermitOffice@dot.il.gov        

Website: https://webappsqa.dot.illinois.gov/itapsandbox/

May not require certification.

Indiana

Meets state educational requirements

Indiana State Police

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

7811 Milhouse Road, Suite S

Indianapolis, IN 46241

Phone: 812-533-1100

Fax: 812-533-1344

Website: https://www.in.gov/isp/commercial-vehicles/superload-escorts/

May not require certification.

Iowa

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation

Motor Carrier Services

Park Fair Mall, 100 Euclid Ave

Des Moines, IA 50306

Phone: (515)244-8725

Phone: (515)237-3264

Fax: 515-237-3257

Website: https://iowadot.gov/mvd/motorcarriers/motorcarriers/osowpermits_determine

May not require certification.

Kansas

Meets state educational requirements

Kansas Department of Transport

Eisenhower State Office Building

700 SW Harrison

Topeka, KS 66603

Phone: 785-296-3585

Fax: 785-368-7415

Website: https://www.ksdot.org

 

Kentucky

Meets state educational requirements

Division of Motor Carriers

OW/OD Section

P.O. Box 2007

Frankfort, KY 40602

Physical Address:

200 Metro St.

Frankfort, KY 40622

(502)564-7150; fax-(502)564-0992

Website: https://drive.ky.gov/motor-carriers/Pages/OWOD-Escort-Requirements.aspx

May not require certification.

Louisiana

Meets state educational requirements

Truck Permit Section

P.O. Box 94042

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9042

Phone: (225)343-2345

Fax: (225)377-7108

Website: http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Business/Pages/DOTD_LaGeaux.aspx

May not require certification.

Maine

Meets state educational requirements

Department of Transportation

Bureau of Motor Vehicles

29 State House Station

101 Hospital Street

Augusta, ME  04333-0029

Phone:  207-624-9318

Website:  https://uspilotcars.com/maine_pilot_car_regulations.html

May not require certification.

Maryland

Meets state educational requirements

Department of Transportation Permits Office

State Highway Administration

707 North Calvert Street

Baltimore, MD  21202-3601

Phone:  800-323-6742

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May not require certification.

Massachusetts

Meets state educational requirements

Department of Transportation Permits Office

Highway Department

Commercial Motor Vehicles

14 Beach Street

Milford, Ma  01757

Phone:  508-473-4778

Website: https://www.mass.gov/commercial-truck-permits

May not require certification.

Michigan

Meets state educational requirements

Michigan Department of Transportation

Transport Permits Unit

P.O. Box 30648

Lansing, MI 48909

Physical Address:

7050 W. Saginaw, Suite 2

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: 517-373-2120

Website: https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9625---,00.html

May not require certification.

Minnesota

Meets state educational requirements

Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS)

445 Minnesota Street

St. Paul, MN  55101

Phone:  651-201-7000

Website:  https://mn.gov/elicense/a-z/?id=1083-231325#/list/appId//filterType//fil...

 

Mississippi

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation

Office of Enforcement Permit Office

P.O. Box 1850

Jackson, MS 39205

Phone: 601-359-1717; 888-737-0061

Fax: (601)459-1544

Website: https://mdot.ms.gov/portal/business_center

May not require certification.

Missouri

Meets state educational requirements

Missouri Department of Transportation

Motor Carrier Services

OS/OW Permit Section

1320 Creek Trail Drive / Post Office Box 893

Jefferson City, MO  65102-0893

Phone:  866-831-6277, 573-751-7100

Website:  https://www.modot.org/mcs

May not require certification.

Montana

Meets state educational requirements

Department of Transportation 

Motor Carrier Service Division

2701 Prospect Avenue

PO Box 201001

Helena, MT  59620-1001

Phone:  406-444-6130

Website:  https://www.mdt.mt.gov/business/mcs/permits.aspx

 

Does not require certification.

Nebraska

Meets state educational requirements

Nebraska Department of Transportation 

Department of Roads - Permits Office

1500 NE-2

Lincoln, NE  68502

Phone: 402-471-4567

Fax: 402-479-3906, 402-479-3907

Website: https://dot.nebraska.gov/business-center/permits/truck/

May not require certification.

Nevada

Meets state educational requirements

Nevada Department of Transportation 

Permits Office

1263 South Stewart Street, Room 101

Carson City, NV 89712

Phone: 800-552-2127, 775-888-7410

Email: OverDimensionalVehiclePermitsOffice@dot.nv.gov

Fax: 775-888-7103

Website: https://www.dot.nv.gov/doing-business/commercial-vehicles/commercial-veh...

May not require certification.

New Hampshire

Meets state educational requirements

New Hampshire Department of Transportation

Permits Office - OS/OW Permits

PO Box 0483

Concord, NH 03302

Phone: 603-271-2691

Fax: 603-271-6084 (permits)

Website: https://www.nhdotpermits.org/

May not require certification.

New Jersey

Meets state educational requirements

New Jersey Department of Transportation Permits Office

Bureau of Motor Carriers - Special Permits

PO Box 133; 225 E State St, CN 133

Trenton, NJ 08666

Phone: 609-633-9400

Permits: 609-9402/9403/9404

Website: https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/freight/trucking/oversize.shtm

May not require certification.

New Mexico

Meets state educational requirements

New Mexico Department of Transportation Permits Office

Department of Public Safety

Motor Transportation Division

P.O. Box 1628

Santa Fe, NM 87504

Phone: 505-827-0376

Fax: 505-827-0071, 505-827-0384, 505-827-0385

Website: https://www.dot.nm.gov/

May not require certification.

New York

Does not meet state educational requirements

NYS Department of Motor Vehicles

207 Genesee Street, Suite 6

Utica, NY 13501-2874

Phone: 518-486-9786

Website: https://dmv.ny.gov/more-info/escort-driver-certification

 

North Carolina

Meets state educational requirements

NCDOT Oversize/Overweight Permit Unit

750 N. Greenfield Parkway

Garner, NC 27529

Phone: 888-221-8166

Fax: 888-222-8347

Website: https://www.ncdot.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Handbook: https://connect.ncdot.gov/business/trucking/OversizeOverweight%20Permit%...

 

North Dakota

Meets state educational requirements

North Dakota Department of Transportation Permits Office

Highway Patrol - Motor Carrier Division - Dept. 504

600 E Boulevard Ave

Bismarck, ND 58505

Phone: 701-328-2621 

Fax: 701-328-1642

Email: ndhpinfo@state.nd.us

Website: https://www.nd.gov/ndhp/motor-carrier-operations

Website: http://www.nd.gov/ndhp/pdf/handbook.pdf

May not require certification.

Northern Mariana Islands

Undetermined

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

CNMI Department of Public Safety (Saipan)

Jose M. Sablan Bldg.

P.O. Box 500791

Civic Center, Susupe

Saipan, MP 96950

Phone: 670-664-9070

Email: contact@dps.gov.mp

Website: https://www.dps.gov.mp/

 

Ohio

Meets state educational requirements

Ohio Department of Transportation

Special Hauling Permits

1980 W Broad St

Columbus, OH 43223

Phone: 614-351-2300

Email: hauling.permits@dot.state.oh.us

Fax: (614)728-4099

Website: https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/working/permits/special-hauling-perm...

Ohio Turnpike Commission

682 Prospect St.

Berea, OH  44017-2799

Phone: 440-234-2081

Website: https://www.ohioturnpike.org/truckers/permits/special-hauling-permit-faq

May not require certification.

Oklahoma

Meets state educational requirements

Oklahoma Department of Transportation

Dept. of Public Safety - OS/OW Permits Division

3600 N. Martin Luther King Avenue

Oklahoma City, OK 73111

Phone: 877-425-2390

Fax: 405-424-0943

Website: https://oklahoma.gov/dps.html

 

Oregon

Meets state educational requirements

Oregon Department of Transportation

Motor Carrier Transport OS/OD Permit Unit 

355 Capitol St NE

Salem, OR 97301

Phone: 503-373-0000, 800-336-3602

Fax: 503-378-2873

 Website: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/MCT/Documents/pilotcarguide.pdf

May not require certification.

Pennsylvania

Meets state educational requirements

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Motor Carrier Division - Central Permit Office

Commonwealth Keystone Building

400 N St, 6th Floor

Harrisburg, PA 17120

Phone: 717-787-5367

Fax: 717-787-9890, 717-787-9506

Website: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/Doing-Business/Permits/HaulingInformation/pag...

 

Puerto Rico

Undetermined

Departmento De Transportacion Y Orbras Publicas (DTOP)

Box 41269, Minillas Station

San Juan, PR 00940-1269

Phone: 787-722-2929

Website: https://dtop.pr.gov/

 

Rhode Island

Meets state educational requirements

RIDOT

Two Capitol Hill

Providence, RI 02903

Phone: (401) 563-4582

email: DOT.OSOW@dot.ri.gov

website: https://www.ri.gov/DOT/osow

May not require certification.

South Carolina

Meets state educational requirements

South Carolina Department of Transportation

PO Box 191

Columbia, SC  29202

Phone:  803-253-6250 / 877-349-7190

Website:  https://www.scdot.org/

Email:  OSOWhelp@dot.state.sc.us / John.Berg@dot.gov

May not require certification.

South Dakota

Meets state educational requirements

South Dakota Dept. of Transportation

Becker-Hansen Building

700 E. Broadway Avenue

Pierre, SD  57501

Phone:  605-698-3925

Website:  https://sdtruckinfo.sd.gov/

May not require certification.

Tennessee

Meets state educational requirements

Dept. of Transportation

OS/OD Permits

James K. Polk Bldg

505 Deaderick Street, Ste. 700

Nashville, TN 37243

Phone: (615)741-3821

Fax: (615)256-5894/(615)741-1159

Website: https://www.tn.gov/tdot.html

 

May not require certification.

Texas

Meets state educational requirements

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles  

4000 Jackson Avenue 

Austin, Texas 78731

Phone: (888) 368-4689

Website: https://www.txdmv.gov/motor-carriers/oversize-weight-permits/escort-and-...

Email: https://www.txdmv.gov/contact-us

 

Utah

Meets state educational requirements

MOTOR CARRIER DIVISION

4501 South 2700 West

Box 148240

Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-8240

Phone: (801) 965-4892 or (866) 215-5399

Fax: (801) 965-4847

Website: https://www.udot.utah.gov/connect/business/motor-carriers/size-weight-pe...

 

Vermont

Meets state educational requirements

Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles

120 State Street

Montpelier, VT 05603-0001

email: https://dmv.vermont.gov/contact/commercial-vehicles-licensing

Phone: Oversize and Overweight Permits: 802 828-2064

Website: https://dmv.vermont.gov/CVO

May not require certification.

Virgin Islands

Undetermined

USVI Bureau of Motor Vehicles BMV

(St. Croix District) Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters

RR 01 Box 10065 Kingshill, St, Croix VI 00850

Phone: (340) 713-4268 Phone (340) 713-0855 (Fax)

Email: info@bmv.vi.gov

Website: https://bmv.vi.gov/

 

Virginia

Meets state educational requirements

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Motor Carrier Services

Post Office Box 27412

Richmond, VA  23269-0001

Phone:  804-497-7100

Website:  https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/drivers/#escrt/index.asp

 

Washington

Meets state educational requirements

Washington State Department of Transportation

Commercial Vehicle Services

7345 Linderson Way SW

Post Office Box 47367

Tumwater, WA  98504-7367

Website:  https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/commercial-vehicles/commercial-vehicle-permi...

 

 

West Virginia

Meets state educational requirements

West Virginia Department of Transportation

Building 5

1900 Kanawha Blvd E

Charleston, WV 25305

Email: dot.info@wv.gov

Phone: 304-558-9547

Website: https://transportation.wv.gov/highways/maintenance/hauling_permits/Pages...

May not require certification.

Wisconsin

Meets state educational requirements

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Bureau of Highway Maintenance

P.O. Box 7980

Madison WI 53707-7980

Email oversize-permits.dmv@dot.wi.gov

Phone (608) 266-7320

Fax (608) 264-7751

Website: https://wisconsindot.gov/pages/dmv/com-drv-vehs/mtr-car-trkr/osow-requir...

May not require certification.

Wyoming

Meets state educational requirements

Wyoming Department of Transportation

5300 Bishop Blvd.

Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340

Phone: (307) 777-4375

Website: https://www.whp.dot.state.wy.us/home/commercial-carrier/size-and-weight-...

 

 

Does not require certification.

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