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CVSA’s 2026 Out-of-Service Criteria Now in Effect

  • Apr 21
  • 2 min read

Last year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) voted to approve 17 changes to out-of-service criteria during inspections. Those changes have recently gone into effect. Changes include:



  • Intoxicating Beverages - "Be on Duty or Operate” was amended to state that when the driver is in possession of wine or beer with an alcohol content of 0.5% or more, or any distilled spirit, the driver is out of service.

  • Driver’s Record of Duty Status – Property-Carrying Vehicles were amended regarding false records of duty status and tampering with an electronic logging device to include situations where the inspector is able to determine when the driver was driving or resting. In addition, a new out-of-service condition was added to:

    • Driver’s Record of Duty Status – Property-Carrying Vehicles and Driver’s Record of Duty Status – Passenger-Carrying Vehicles for the driver or motor carrier that tampers with an electronic logging device, making it impossible to determine what events have occurred.

  • References to automatic on-board recording devices was removed as it is no longer a relevant term.

  • Many equipment references and language were changed, removed, or added

  • Emergency Exits - An out-of-service condition for exits marked as emergency exits with no operating instructions was added to regarding Buses, Motorcoaches, Passenger Vans or Other Passenger-Carrying Vehicles – Emergency Exits/Electrical Cables and Systems in Engine and Battery Compartments/Seat (Temporary and Aisle Seats).

  • Language was added to Placarding, Placards Displayed on a Transport Vehicle to clarify that if a transport vehicle is missing placards for multiple divisions within the same class of material, the vehicle should be placed out of service.

  • A chart was added to U.S. Federal Out-Of-Service Orders outlining the seven types of federal out-of-service orders.


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