Virginia oversize permit office
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles - Hauling Permits Section. Call (804) 786-2787 Eastern time.
From Virginia's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- How to get one
- Register for an EZ Haul account, then apply, route and pay online by credit card or e-check.
- Single trip fee
- Single trip $20, plus 30 cents per mile if the load is overweight or the configuration can't be licensed in Virginia (mobile/manufactured homes: flat $1.00 instead of the mileage fee)Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8 ft 6 in · Height 13 ft 6 in · Length 48 ft trailer (53 ft allowed on the interstate); 65 ft vehicle/trailer combination · Weight 80,000 pounds grossSource 1Source 2
- Superloads
- Virginia gives no number: a load is a superload when its size or weight needs extra research and analysis; the permit is $30 plus mileage and a damage fee by gross weight.Source
- How fast
- Most permits are issued in one day or less, and some permit types can be self-issued.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Normal travel is sunrise to sunset.Source
- At night
- Night moves only when DMV puts them on the permit; some superloads may be required to move at night.
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. No travel from noon the weekday before through the holiday; for a Monday holiday, from noon Friday through Monday. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 16 in Virginia, such as Inside city and town limits (except interstates; overweight-only or up to 85 ft overlength-only loads exempt): 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. All of them