By Haul Handbook editorial team· Updated Oct 4, 2026
Alaska is in neither IRP nor IFTA, so neither of the usual temporary permits exists. On the registration side, an out-of-state commercial vehicle that is not registered in Alaska buys a 30-day certificate of temporary registration (TRT) under AS 28.10.152, sold through myAlaska, at the Tok Weigh Station or at the Tok DMV. On the fuel side there is nothing to buy: Alaska taxes motor fuel at the dealer level under AS 43.40, not through a carrier fuel-use license or trip permit.
The trip permit (registration side)
This credential answers for registration. Without it, a vehicle whose cab card does not list Alaska has no legal registration standing in the state.
- Fee
- $350 ($350 for a truck, truck tractor or commercial bus and $10 for a trailer, semitrailer or other commercial vehicle (AS 28.10.152(b) to (d)). Not refundable.)
- Who needs it
- A commercial vehicle registered outside Alaska that enters the state and is not registered under another provision of AS 28.10. The vehicle must have current registration in another state or province, and the company's USDOT (MCS-150) record must have been updated within the last 24 months.
- Where to buy
- Online at my.alaska.gov (Businesses, Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Temporary Truck/Trailer Registration); print the TRT, since the review page is not valid for travel; Tok Weigh Station; Tok DMV
The fuel permit (tax side)
This credential answers for the state's highway or fuel tax when there is no IFTA license (or, in the weight-distance states, no tax account) behind the truck.
- Fee
- None exists. Alaska is not in IFTA, so it sells no IFTA license, decal or fuel trip permit. Its motor fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) is collected mainly from wholesalers and distributors licensed as qualified dealers, who collect it at the time of sale and file monthly returns.
- Who needs it
- No one, for Alaska miles. A carrier running qualified vehicles into IFTA jurisdictions outside Alaska handles fuel tax there, either with an IFTA license from a member jurisdiction that accepts it (IFTA Articles R325) or with each member jurisdiction's own trip permit (R310).
Other temporary permits in Alaska
Short-term credentials Alaska issues beside the trip and fuel permits, for situations those two do not cover.
- Special permit for an unladen commercial vehicle (10 days)
- An unladen commercial vehicle making one continuous trip by a noncircular route may move without registration under a department special permit for up to 10 days (AS 28.10.151(a)(4)). No fee for this permit was found on the pages read. (AS 28.10.151(a)(4))
Worth knowing
The TRT covers registration only, and only for 30 days. A carrier running Alaska regularly registers its trucks in Alaska instead, at an annual commercial fee set by unladen weight under AS 28.10.421(h).
Where these fit in the Alaska permit stack
Temporary permits are the exception path. The standing credentials they replace are IRP apportioned registration and the Alaska IFTA license. Oversize loads use a different permit family entirely, covered in Alaska oversize and overweight permits, and the full picture of every state permit lives in Alaska trucking permits.