By Evan Reid, Founder of Haul Handbook · Updated Sep 28, 2026
Kansas sells temporary credentials in two pieces. A truck not registered or apportioned for Kansas buys temporary registration: a 72-hour registration under K.S.A. 8-143b and 8-143c, or longer 6-day, 9-day and 30-day options on the KDOT price list. A carrier without an IFTA license buys a motor fuel permit under K.S.A. 79-34,118 in place of the Kansas fuel use tax. Both are sold through K-TRIPS, KDOT's online permit system, or through the Central Permit Office, and fuel permits are also sold at ports of entry.
The trip permit (registration side)
This credential answers for registration. Without it, a vehicle whose cab card does not list Kansas has no legal registration standing in the state.
- Fee
- $46 (The 72-hour registration is $46, set by K.S.A. 8-143b and 8-143c. The K-TRIPS price list (current as of 05/23/2023) also prices a 6-day registration at $92, a 9-day at $138, and a 30-day registration by weight from $46 at 20,001 to 24,000 pounds to $258.75 at 80,001 pounds or more; 8-143b sets the 30-day license at $46 or one-eighth of the annual fee, whichever is larger. A truck leaving a lease with a Kansas carrier can run unladen on an Unladen Vehicle Registration at $46.)
- Who needs it
- The owner of a truck or truck tractor registered in another state that operates in Kansas without Kansas or apportioned registration: in intrastate commerce for a temporary period (K.S.A. 8-143b), or in interstate commerce over 12,000 pounds gross without reciprocal privileges (K.S.A. 8-143c). A trailer or semitrailer registered in any state needs no separate fee when the power unit has one. An ICC commercial zone move between Kansas and a neighboring state's cities is exempt from the interstate permit.
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
- $13 ($13 for a 24-hour permit and $25 for a 72-hour permit (K.S.A. 79-34,118), sold in multiples of three. The K-TRIPS price list also carries a 7-day fuel permit at $63, a 10-day fuel permit at $88, and a combined 3-day fuel and registration permit at $25 for fuel plus $46 for registration.)
- Who needs it
- An interstate motor fuel user running a qualified commercial motor vehicle in Kansas without an IFTA license. Each permit covers one vehicle.
Worth knowing
KDOT's own website refused automated requests during research, so purchase channels and prices come from the K-TRIPS price list, the KDOR IFTA and IRP FAQs and the statutes. The price list is dated 05/23/2023; K-TRIPS shows the live price at checkout.
Where these fit in the Kansas permit stack
Temporary permits are the exception path. The standing credentials they replace are IRP apportioned registration and the Kansas IFTA license. Oversize loads use a different permit family entirely, covered in Kansas oversize and overweight permits, and the full picture of every state permit lives in Kansas trucking permits.