Non-Profit/Tax Exempt Passenger Carrier

Type of Operation:

Non-Profit/Tax Exempt Passenger Carrier.

Description:

A non-profit corporation that uses only minibuses to transport its own members or the elderly, disabled, or economically disadvantaged members of a community.

Minibus - any motor vehicle having a seating capacity of not less than seven nor more than 16 passengers, including the driver, and used in the transportation of passengers.

Authority Document:

Permit

Operating Requirements:

• This permit authorizes your operations only in Virginia.
• You are limited to transporting members of your organization, if your organization is a membership corporation.
• You are limited to transporting elderly, handicapped, or economically disadvantaged members of the community you serve, if your organization is not a membership corporation.
• You are limited to the use of minibuses to transport the above persons. (See definition of Minibus above.)
• You may not operate over the same route or on an adjacent route with a similar schedule as persons issued a Common Carrier - Regular Route certificate or as a public transportation authority.
• The number of this permit must appear in any advertisement for this service.
• Advertisements for your services may not contain untrue, misleading, or deceptive information.

Tariff and Time Schedule Requirements:

None

Insurance Requirements:

Bodily Injury and Property Damage:
$1,500,000 - 7 to 15 passengers (including driver)
$5,000,000 - 16 passengers (including driver)

Bond Requirements:

None

Registration and License Plate Requirements:

License Plates: For-Hire license plates

Vehicle Registration: Must be registered as for-hire

Operating Authority Registration:

IRP Vehicles - Obtain operating authority decals as proof of operating authority registration

All Other Vehicles - The operating authority information will be displayed on the vehicle registration card when the for-hire license plates are issued.

Fees:

$3 Operating Authority Registration fee per vehicle
$3 for a duplicate permit

Miscellaneous Requirements:

Address Change - You must report any new address to DMV's Motor Carriers Services within 30 days.

Discontinuing Service - If you go out of business or stop providing the service authorized, you must notify DMV in writing within 30 days.