Current textIn force on Sept. 23, 2019Source: eCFR
§ 381.320 How long will it take the agency to respond to my application for an exemption?
Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2001.
49 CFR § 381.320 — How long will it take the agency to respond to my application for an exemption?. Text in force on September 23, 2019. This wording effective October 1, 2001 to present. Source: eCFR as of September 23, 2019, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2019-09-23/title-49/section-381.320. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/381.320?asof=2019-09-23, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
The agency will attempt to issue a final decision within 180 days of the date it receives your application. However, if you leave out important details or other information necessary for the FMCSA to prepare a meaningful request for public comments, the agency will attempt to issue a final decision within 180 days of the date it receives the additional information.
Amendment history
2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1999- Oct. 1, 1999 → Oct. 1, 2001annual editions 1999–2000
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.