49 CFR § 384.205 - CDLIS information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s384.205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 384.205 - CDLIS information."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "384.205"
section_name: "CDLIS information."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "384"
part_name: "STATE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 31136, 31301,  and 31502; secs. 103 and 215 of Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1753, 1767; sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; sec. 5524 of Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1560; and 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 26039, May 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "384"
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# 384.205 CDLIS information.

Before issuing a CLP or a CDL to any person, the State must, within the period of time specified in § 384.232, perform the check of the Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) in accordance with § 383.73(b)(3)(ii) of this subchapter, and, based on that information, issue the license or, in the case of adverse information, promptly implement the disqualifications, licensing limitations, denials, and/or penalties that are called for in any applicable section(s) of this subpart.

[76 FR 26894, May 9, 2011]