How much is a single-trip oversize permit in Nevada?

NAC 484D.635 prices single-trip permits at a flat published fee, with an annual multiple-trip permit for repeat moves and a replacement charge for a lost annual permit. The fee table on this page renders each figure from the administrative code.

How wide can a permitted load run in Nevada?

A single-trip permit can run to the width ceiling NAC 484D.655 sets, well past the legal limit of NRS 484D.600, and up to a taller height ceiling and longer length ceiling with overhang allowed. Exceptions beyond those ceilings need specific approval from the department.

When does a Nevada load need a pilot car?

NAC 484D.670 sets it by dimension: a pilot car must precede or follow the load when width, height, length or overhang crosses its stated threshold, with the position depending on the dimension, and a clearance pole rides the lead car when the load is high enough. The escort table on this page lists every threshold.

Nevada Oversize and Overweight Permits

By Evan Reid, Founder of Haul Handbook · Updated Sep 2, 2026

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) handles permits for non-reducible loads exceeding 102 inches (8 feet 6 inches) in width, 14 feet in height, 80,000 pounds in weight or 70 feet in length, and for trucks over 40 feet or buses over 45 feet. Permit fees and single-trip dimension ceilings are fixed in NAC 484D. The DMV separately sells over-length permits for reducible loads exceeding 70 feet, up to 129,000 pounds.

Nevada legal limits (no permit needed at or under these)

Width: 8.5 ftNRS 484D.600(3): the legal maximum width of any vehicle, combination of vehicles, special mobile equipment or load thereon is 102 inches. NDOT's permit page restates the non-reducible trigger at 8 feet 6 inches.
Height: 14 ftNRS 484D.605(1): maximum height including load is 14 feet, with baled hay excepted at 15 feet. NDOT's permit page restates the 14-foot non-reducible trigger.
Gross weight: 80,000 lb80,000 pounds: the NDOT non-reducible permit threshold as restated on the DMV Motor Carrier Permits page.
Length: note: Trucks over 40 feet or buses over 45 feet exceed the NDOT non-reducible threshold per the DMV permit page; NRS 484D.605 sets configuration length limits that should be confirmed with the permit office.
Axle limits lb: note: Per-axle-group legal limits are set by NRS Chapter 484D; confirm the exact axle table with the permit office.

Axle weight limits

Gross weight is one ceiling; each axle group carries its own limit, and a load can be legal on gross weight yet overweight on an axle. Exceeding any of these needs an overweight permit.

Nevada legal axle weight limits by axle group
Axle group	Maximum weight
	Nevada sets axle-group legal weights in NRS Chapter 48D/NAC 484D; the per-group table was not published on the pages read this pass, so confirm limits with the NDOT permit office before loading.

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Permit fees

Single trip: $25 (NAC 484D.635(1)(a): single-trip permits are $25. Annual multiple-trip permits are $60; replacement of a lost annual permit is $10.)
Annual permit: $60
Annual eligibility: NAC 484D.635(1)(b) prices an annual multiple-trip permit at $60 for carriers that move oversized loads repeatedly under the annual dimension ceilings of NAC 484D.660; confirm eligibility for a specific load class with the permit office.

Single-trip permit fee schedule

A single-trip permit stacks a base fee with a weight-tiered maintenance fee, and the heaviest loads add a supervision fee.

Nevada single-trip oversize permit fee components
Fee component	Applies to	Amount
base_single_trip	single-trip oversized vehicle permit	$25

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To price a specific load, try the oversize permit cost estimator, or compare every state on the national oversize permit table.

To see how these fees combine on real loads, walk through Nevada oversize permit cost worked examples.

Escort thresholds

Dimension	Threshold	Escorts	Police escort
width	over 12 ft on a highway with two or three lanes	1	No
width	over 16 ft	1	No
width	over 14 ft	1	No
height	over 15 ft 6 in	1	No
front overhang	over 25 ft	1	No
rear overhang	over 25 ft	1	No
length	over 110 ft (120 ft with mechanically steered rear axles)	1	No

What the escort itself has to be

Hitting the threshold is only half of it. The escort vehicle, its equipment, its driver's certification and where it rides are all regulated, and the carrier is the one holding the permit when they are not met.

Loads oversize in more than one dimension: The Department may require an additional pilot car and coordinate utilities escorts and traffic control for loads wider than 17 feet on two or three lane roads, wider than 19 feet on four or more lanes, or higher than 16 feet (NAC 484D.640(12)).
Police escort: Law enforcement coordination runs through the permit; the Department may require the permittee to coordinate additional escorts with appropriate law enforcement agencies.
Equipment the escort vehicle carries: Pilot cars must be passenger cars or trucks of not more than two axles, a manufacturer's gross weight rating of not more than 16,000 pounds and a width of at least 60 inches (NAC 484D.670(1)).

Escort rules beyond the thresholds

Knowing when you need an escort is half of it. These are the Nevada rules on who may run one, what the vehicle has to carry, and how the move is conducted.

Multiple dimensions: The Department may require an additional pilot car and coordinate utilities escorts and traffic control for loads wider than 17 feet on two or three lane roads, wider than 19 feet on four or more lanes, or higher than 16 feet (NAC 484D.640(12)).
Police escort: Law enforcement coordination runs through the permit; the Department may require the permittee to coordinate additional escorts with appropriate law enforcement agencies.
Equipment: Pilot cars must be passenger cars or trucks of not more than two axles, a manufacturer's gross weight rating of not more than 16,000 pounds and a width of at least 60 inches (NAC 484D.670(1)).

Travel restrictions

Daylight only: No statewide daylight-only rule is published in NAC 484D; movement during hours of darkness tightens the pilot-car thresholds rather than banning movement.
Curfews: For Friday travel between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. on northbound Interstate 15 between the California boundary and Las Vegas (Exit 33), permitted width drops to 12 feet (NAC 484D.655(1)(b)); the mirror restriction applies to southbound I-15 on Sunday afternoons.
Weekend / holiday: NAC 484D.655(1)(b) and (c) narrow the permitted width on the Las Vegas corridor of Interstate 15 during Friday and Sunday afternoon peaks; no separate holiday moratorium list is published in the sections read.
Wind / weather: No statewide wind rule published.

Daylight hours rule: No statewide daylight-only rule is published in NAC 484D; movement during hours of darkness tightens the pilot-car thresholds rather than banning movement.

Superload and beyond-permit review

Loads past the standard single-trip permit thresholds get individual state review rather than an off-the-shelf permit.

Loads beyond the single-trip ceilings of NAC 484D.655 require specific approval by the Department; the DMV separately handles over-length reducible loads up to 129,000 pounds.

Route approval and possible bridge analysis by the permit office.

More Nevada permit rules

Single trip fee USD: 25
Single trip fee note: NAC 484D.635(1)(a): single-trip permits are $25. Annual multiple-trip permits are $60; replacement of a lost annual permit is $10.
Annual permit eligibility: NAC 484D.635(1)(b) prices an annual multiple-trip permit at $60 for carriers that move oversized loads repeatedly under the annual dimension ceilings of NAC 484D.660; confirm eligibility for a specific load class with the permit office.
Annual permit details: validity: 1 year
Annual permit details: note: Annual multiple-trip permits run at the NAC 484D.660 maximum dimensions; replacement of a lost annual permit is $10 (NAC 484D.635(1)(c)). Details beyond the fee and dimensions are set on the permit itself.
Single trip max dimensions: width ft: 14
Single trip max dimensions: height ft: 15
Single trip max dimensions: length ft: 110
Single trip max dimensions: length ft mechanical rear axles: 120
Single trip max dimensions: overhang ft: 15
Single trip max dimensions: note: NAC 484D.655(1)(a): an oversized vehicle with a single-trip permit must not exceed a width of 14 feet, a height of 15 feet, a length of 110 feet (120 feet with mechanically steered rear axles) and an overhang of 15 feet unless specifically approved by the Department.
Escort notes: multiple dimensions: The Department may require an additional pilot car and coordinate utilities escorts and traffic control for loads wider than 17 feet on two or three lane roads, wider than 19 feet on four or more lanes, or higher than 16 feet (NAC 484D.640(12)).
Escort notes: police escort: Law enforcement coordination runs through the permit; the Department may require the permittee to coordinate additional escorts with appropriate law enforcement agencies.
Escort notes: equipment: Pilot cars must be passenger cars or trucks of not more than two axles, a manufacturer's gross weight rating of not more than 16,000 pounds and a width of at least 60 inches (NAC 484D.670(1)).
Seasonal permits note: No separate seasonal permit class is published in NAC 484D; commodity moves are handled case by case by the permit office.
Overweight fee schedule note: NAC 484D.635 publishes a flat $25 single-trip fee without weight tiers; no overweight-specific schedule appears on the primary sources read this pass.

The Nevada permit office

Name: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), Over-Dimensional Vehicle permit office
Agency: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), Over-Dimensional Vehicle permit office
System: NDOT over-dimensional permitting; the DMV Motor Carrier Division sells over-length permits for reducible loads
Phone: (800) 552-2127 or (775) 888-7410

What sets off the permit

Nevada's legal envelope runs from two statutes: the width ceiling of NRS 484D.600 and the height ceiling of NRS 484D.605, which carries a taller exception for baled hay. NDOT's permit page restates the non-reducible triggers in feet, including the weight and length thresholds that put a load in permit territory. A single-trip permit then buys you the administrative-code ceilings, which run wider, taller and longer than the legal limits.

Single-trip and annual costs

NAC 484D.635 fixes the fee schedule: a flat single-trip fee, an annual multiple-trip permit for carriers making repeated moves, and a replacement charge for a lost annual permit. There are no weight tiers in the published fee; the code prices the permit, not the pounds. The fee table on this page renders each figure from the code.

Escorts and pilot cars

Nevada writes its escort triggers per dimension in NAC 484D.670: a pilot car leads or trails depending on whether width, height, length or overhang is the dimension over the line, and a load high enough to need a lead car needs a clearance pole on it. The escort table on this page renders each threshold from the code, and the department can add pilot cars and utility escorts on top for the biggest moves.

The Las Vegas corridor curfew

One route rule has no parallel in most states: on northbound Interstate 15 between the California line and Las Vegas, Friday afternoon travel drops the permitted width below what the same load could run elsewhere in the state, and southbound Sunday afternoon mirrors it. The travel-restrictions block on this page carries the rule as the code writes it.

How to read this page

A value reading "Not confirmed" means we could not verify the figure on an official agency page at review time, so it stays open rather than guessed. Superload moves above the standard permit thresholds get individual review by the state; contact the permit office named on this page. For the rest of the Nevada permit stack, see Nevada trucking permits.