DOT Annual Inspection

Are you referring to the inspection form to be filled out by the inspector with all the boxes to be checked off? If so, I’ve never seen such a form that was handwritten.

 

Hand written is fine

 

As long as it covers everything though I think an auditor would prefer a formal printed form listing the items where one checks off OK - repaired - N/A as they do the inspection. The vehicle and carrier ID can all be hand written and a few greasy fingerprints looks like it was actually completed during the inspection.

 

You can buy the forms at most big T-stops

 

I’ve never seen or ever gotten any that weren’t the generic hand written forms. Been doing them myself for the past few years. Copy of the long form on file at the office. Stickers on Truck or in permit book. I keep a copy of the long form onboard, but it’s not needed. Perfectly fine for an audit.

 

I always kept them in my permit book too. Been putting the stickers on for the last 3 yrs. Haven’t been pulled in for inspection since. Coincidence? I don’t know. Before though. I was getting pulled in quite a bit, regularly for over 15 yrs.

 

I’m intrastate, don’t have a sticker nor form. Never have been asked for one nor the other since 1984. I only have my MC for Commiefornia display number and permit in hand. That’s it.