The state permit itself is cheap. The escorts, police, surveys and the truck that come with it are not. Here is every state's single-trip fee, verified against the state source, and what a full move actually costs.
A single-trip oversize permit costs between $5 (Florida) and $60 (Texas), with a median of $25 across the 50 states and DC. Overweight permits add a weight-based charge in most states. Annual permits, where offered, run from about $8 to $4,000.
34 of 51 jurisdictions issue a routine single-trip permit in about one business day. Superloads take a week or more.
| State | Single-trip oversize | Annual oversize |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | $5 | $20 |
| New Hampshire | $6 | $115 |
| Oregon | $8 | $8 |
| Louisiana | $10 | $500 |
| Mississippi | $10 | $100 |
| Montana | $10 | $75 |
| New Jersey | $10 | $0 |
| Washington | $10 | $240 |
| North Carolina | $12 | $185 |
| Arizona | $15 | $360 |
| Illinois | $15 | $1,000 |
| Maine | $15 | $30 |
| Michigan | $15 | $30 |
| Minnesota | $15 | $300 |
| Missouri | $15 | $300 |
| Nebraska | $15 | $100 |
| Wisconsin | $15 | $75 |
| California | $16 | $90 |
| Arkansas | $17 | $500 |
| Alabama | $20 | $100 |
| Indiana | $20 | $405 |
| Rhode Island | $20 | $100 |
| Tennessee | $20 | $80 |
| Virginia | $20 | $100 |
| West Virginia | $20 | $200 |
| Hawaii | $25 | — |
| Nevada | $25 | $60 |
| New Mexico | $25 | $250 |
| South Dakota | $25 | $60 |
| Wyoming | $25 | $50 |
| Colorado | $30 | $250 |
| Delaware | $30 | $0 |
| Georgia | $30 | $150 |
| Idaho | $30 | $45 |
| Maryland | $30 | $500 |
| North Dakota | $30 | $100 |
| South Carolina | $30 | $100 |
| Utah | $30 | $240 |
| District of Columbia | $30 | $85 |
| Iowa | $35 | $50 |
| Alaska | $40 | $550 |
| Kansas | $40 | $200 |
| Massachusetts | $40 | $400 |
| New York | $40 | $750 |
| Oklahoma | $40 | $10 |
| Connecticut | $42 | $210 |
| Pennsylvania | $46 | $230 |
| Vermont | $48 | $240 |
| Ohio | $55 | $960 |
| Kentucky | $60 | $250 |
| Texas | $60 | $4,000 |
Base fees for a routine oversize permit, verified September 2026 against each state's published schedule. Overweight, superload and multi-state trips add to these. Click a state for its full rules.
On a typical oversize move the permit is 2% to 5% of the invoice. A 12 ft 6 in wide, 14 ft 6 in tall load moving 500 miles might carry a $25 permit and $2,500 or more in escorts, plus a police escort where the state requires one, a route survey when needed, and the heavy-haul truck rate itself.
That is why brokers who quote from the permit fee alone lose money. The escort guide covers the biggest line; the FreightDeck estimator prices all of them together for your exact load and route.
FreightDeck estimates permits, escorts, police, route surveys, engineering and the truck rate for your exact load and route, across 50 states and Canada.
Price a load free →$60 for a single-trip oversize permit. See the Texas page for escorts and limits.
Yes. Each state issues its own permit for the miles inside its borders, and each has its own fee, thresholds and travel rules.
Usually 3 to 10 days for a single trip, depending on the state. Annual permits cover routine moves for a year.