Permit Information Management System
NCDOT Oversize Overweight Permits
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The NCDOT Permit Information Management System (PIMS) is designed for processing annual, single trip and superload permits for the transportation of qualifying oversize/overweight vehicles and loads over North Carolina state maintained highways.

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To apply for permits online, you MUST have a PIMS logon account. To apply for a PIMS logon account, download this form, which is a typable PDF -- we recommend filling the form out on the computer. If the email address(es) are not legible, NCDOT cannot fulfill account requests.

The completed form may be emailed to PIMSaccounting@ncdot.gov. Applications are processed on a first come, first served basis.

Contact
NCDOT Oversize/Overweight Permit Unit
750 N Greenfield Parkway
Garner, NC 27529

For questions about Oversize/Overweight permits, please contact the unit directly:
Phone:

  • For Single Trip Permit: 1-888-574-6683 (option 1)
  • For Superload Permit: 1-888-574-6683 (option 2)
  • For Annual Permit: 1-888-574-6683 (option 3)
Normal call-in hours (7:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday)

3 News & Updates
  • Credit Card Vendor Change
    The North Carolina PIMS application changed credit card processors on Monday, June 1, 2026. The current credit card processor allows customers to register credit cards with the service, so the credit card numbers are not required at purchase time. The new processor also presents this ability. However, it is not possible to transfer credit cards from the old processor to the new one. Customers who wish to register a credit card must do so with the new processor after it goes online. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the NCDOT Oversize/Overweight Permit Unit at: 1-888-574-6683 (option 4)
  • Continuous Travel Qualifications Update
    Continuous travel (24 hr / 7 day / 365 days a year) is authorized for any vehicle/vehicle combination up to but not to exceed a permitted gross weight of 112,000 lbs. and up to 10’ wide provided the permitted vehicle has no other over legal dimension of height or length included in the permitted move. When operating between sunset and sunrise, any vehicle transporting a load with a width greater than 102 inches and up to 120 inches must be equipped with no fewer than two operable amber lamps, positioned at the load’s widest points, to ensure the load’s dimensions are clearly indicated and visible from both directions of travel.
  • Holiday Restrictions
    No travel for overwidth, overheight or overlength permitted vehicle/vehicle combinations or vehicle combinations with a gross weight exceeding 112,000 lbs will be authorized on North Carolina highways from noon Friday, July 3, 2026 until noon Monday, July 6, 2026.
Generally, in North Carolina a permit is required if:
the vehicle or vehicle combination has been reduced to its smallest dimensions possible and still exceeds the limitations listed below
  • weight exceeds legal weight provided by North Carolina General Statues,
  • total width is over 8’6”,
  • overall height is greater than 14',
  • a single vehicle is over 40’ or vehicle combination is over 60’ in length
    (Exception: truck tractor/53-foot semi-trailer combination with no overall length limitation is allowed on all roads).
Ways to apply for Oversize Overweight permits:
  • Apply online 24 hours a day using the Permit Information Management System (see links on left to login to PIMS);
  • Call the Permits Unit at 1-888-574-6683 (option 1) during normal call-in hours (7:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday);

Please note that permit applications and renewals are processed in the order received.

Every attempt will be made to process Single Trip applications within the same working day that the applications are received by 3:00 pm EST (loads over 14 feet in height must allow 2 working days). Applications received after 3:00 pm will be processed the following working day.

Superload and Annual applications may require additional time to process.

Forms used by the Permit Unit may be found here, along with other useful information.