Indiana State Police have recovered 12 stolen truckloads of cargo valued at over $11 million since April 2026.
The recoveries were made across north-central, central, and south-central Indiana, and included a range of goods from household items to high-end electronics.
Indiana State Police attribute the successful recoveries to increased training, emerging technologies, and diligent police work by troopers specializing in commercial vehicle enforcement.
This development may impact oversize operators by highlighting the importance of verifying carrier information and being cautious of potential cargo theft.
Source: FreightWaves
What Indiana actually requires
The story above is the enforcement. This is the rule it is enforcing — so you
do not have to go looking for it.
Legal without a permit
- Legal width (Above this you need a permit)
- 8'6"
- Legal height (Above this you need a permit)
- 13'6"
- Legal gross weight (Above this you need a permit)
- 80,000 lbs
When escorts kick in
- Front escort required over (width)
- 12'4"
- Rear escort required over (width)
- 12'4"
- Escorts both ends over (width)
- 14'4"
- Height escort / pole car over (height)
- 14'6"
- Escort required over (weight)
- 200,000 lbs
When you may run — base envelope only, conditions below
- Night travel
- Allowed
- Weekend travel
- Allowed
- Sunday travel
- Allowed
Superload threshold
- Superload over (width)
- 15'
- Superload over (length)
- 150'
- Superload over (weight)
- 200,000 lbs
- Per DOR Form M-204: escort required when load exceeds 12'4" wide (148 in), 110' long, or 14'6" high (174 in) - one escort, positioned in FRONT on undivided highways and in REAR on divided highways. Over 14'6" high requires a FRONT escort with height pole. Width between 14'4" (172 in) and 17' (204 in): one rear escort on dual-lane divided highways, TWO escorts (front and rear) on all other roads. Indiana State Police escort required for loads over 200,000 lbs GVW (unless route is interstate-only, no required slowdowns, and under 250,000 lbs). Permits are not valid on I-65 or I-70 inside I-465.
- Per M-204 hours-of-operation table: loads within 110' long, 10' wide, 13'6" high, and under 200,000 lbs may travel continuously 7 days/week (incl. night). Loads over 110' long OR 10'-14'4" wide (up to 15' high): 7 days/week, daylight only. Loads 14'4"-16' wide: Mon-Fri daylight only. Loads over 16' wide, over 15' high, or over 200,000 lbs: Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mobile/sectionalized homes 8'6"-14'4" wide: Mon-Fri daylight + Saturday until noon. No operation when wind exceeds 25 mph or visibility under 500 ft.
- No operation (except Overweight Commodity and Bulk Milk permits) from noon the last weekday preceding until 1/2 hr before sunrise the day following: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.
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Official source · Checked 2026-07-16 · Confidence: high
Only limits we have confirmed are listed. A limit that is not shown is one
we have not verified — never read a gap here as "no limit". Always confirm on the permit before you roll.
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