DOT e-ticketing guide
DOT e‑ticketing requirements by state
Which state DOTs require e-tickets, for which materials, and since when. All 50 states and DC.
Last verified September 26, 2026
What is DOT e-ticketing?
DOT e-ticketing means the ticket for each load of asphalt, concrete, or aggregate is recorded and sent electronically, in real time, as the material moves from the plant to the job. There is no federal mandate. Each state DOT sets its own rules, and most start with asphalt.
FHWA defines e-ticketing as recording and transferring material delivery information in real time as material moves from the plant to the job site [1]. At the end of its Every Day Counts round 6, in December 2022, FHWA counted 15 states that had made e-ticketing standard practice, 28 that were demonstrating or assessing it, and 6 that were learning about it [2]. We found no newer FHWA count. On December 1, 2023, AASHTO published MDMS-1, a standard data format for e-tickets and material delivery data [3].
As of September 26, 2026, our review of each state DOT found 7 states that require e-tickets statewide, 19 that require them on some projects, 7 where they are optional, 12 with pilots or announced plans, and 6 with no program we could find.
All states
E-ticketing status by state
- Required statewide 7 states The DOT requires e-tickets on all its contracts for at least one material, most often asphalt.
- Required on some projects 19 states E-tickets are required only on contracts that include the provision or meet a size threshold.
- Optional 7 states The contractor can choose e-tickets instead of paper tickets.
- Pilot 12 states The DOT is testing e-tickets on selected projects or has announced plans.
- No program found 6 states We found no e-ticketing specification, pilot, or announcement.
| State | Status | Materials | Earliest date | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Required statewide | Asphalt | 2024 | high |
| AlaskaNo Alaska DOT&PF e-ticketing specification, pilot, or announcement was found. | No program found | None | None | medium |
| Arizona | Optional | Asphalt | 2025 | medium |
| Arkansas | Optional | Asphalt | 2025 | high |
| California | Pilot | Asphalt, Concrete, Aggregate | 2021 | medium |
| ColoradoNo CDOT e-ticketing program, pilot, or special provision was found. | No program found | None | None | medium |
| ConnecticutNo CTDOT e-ticketing specification, pilot, or announcement was found on CTDOT sites. | No program found | None | None | low |
| Delaware | Required statewide | Asphalt, Concrete | 2021 | high |
| District of ColumbiaNo DDOT e-ticketing specification, pilot, or announcement was found on DC government sites. | No program found | None | None | low |
| Florida | Optional | Asphalt | 2020 | high |
| Georgia | Required on some projects | Asphalt, Concrete, Aggregate | 2021 | medium |
| Hawaii | Pilot | Hot mix asphalt, Ready-mix concrete, Aggregate | 2025 | medium |
| Idaho | Optional | Bituminous materials, Non-bituminous materials, Aggregate, Portland cement concrete, Embankment materials | 2025 | high |
| IllinoisAs of FHWA's August 2023 tech brief on a June 2022 peer exchange, IDOT allowed contractors to use e-ticketing if they chose and had run pilots with mixed results. | Pilot | None | Not dated | low |
| Indiana | Optional | Hot mix asphalt, Concrete, Aggregate | 2023 | high |
| Iowa | Required on some projects | Asphalt, Ready-mixed portland cement concrete | 2023 | medium |
| KansasKDOT uses a project special provision, 15-PS0020-R1, E-Ticketing System (ETS) for Hot Mix Asphalt. | Required on some projects | Hot mix asphalt | 2022 | low |
| Kentucky | Required statewide | Asphalt, Aggregate | 2018 | high |
| Louisiana | Required statewide | Asphalt concrete, Portland cement concrete | 2026 | medium |
| MaineNo MaineDOT e-ticketing specification, special provision, pilot, or announcement was found. | No program found | None | None | medium |
| Maryland | Required on some projects | Asphalt, Portland cement concrete, Aggregates | 2026 | medium |
| MassachusettsMassDOT has run e-ticketing pilots and works with HaulHub on a MassDOT portal, but we could not find a MassDOT specification, special provision, or directive that requires e-tickets. | Pilot | Hot mix asphalt | Not dated | low |
| MichiganMDOT piloted e-ticketing in the 2022 construction season using a permissive special provision added by contract modification when MDOT and the prime contractor agreed. | Pilot | None | 2022 | low |
| Minnesota | Required on some projects | Plant-mixed asphalt, Permeable asphalt stabilized base, Stone matrix asphalt | 2018 | medium |
| MississippiIn a spring 2021 AASHTO survey, Mississippi DOT reported using e-ticketing through project special notes rather than a standard specification. | Pilot | None | Not dated | low |
| MissouriMoDOT ran a 2020 trial of asphalt e-ticketing through a job special provision added by no-cost change order, and paper tickets were still required for comparison. | Pilot | Asphalt | 2020 | low |
| Montana | Required on some projects | Plant mix surfacing | 2025 | high |
| Nebraska | Required on some projects | Asphaltic concrete, Portland cement concrete | 2021 | medium |
| NevadaNDOT's Construction Manual documents e-tickets in use on some contracts for aggregate and plantmix surface items. | Pilot | Aggregate, Plantmix surface, Recycled surface items | Not dated | low |
| New HampshireHaulHub's agency page says NHDOT set a goal of connecting all bituminous asphalt producers to an NHDOT e-ticketing portal by spring 2024. | Pilot (announced) | Bituminous asphalt | 2024 | low |
| New JerseyNJDOT has not published an e-ticketing specification that we could find. | Pilot (announced) | None | Not dated | low |
| New Mexico | Required on some projects | Asphalt | 2024 | medium |
| New YorkWe found no current NYSDOT e-ticketing specification or requirement. | No program found | None | None | low |
| North Carolina | Optional | Asphalt | 2024 | high |
| North Dakota | Required on some projects | Aggregate, Hot mix asphalt | 2025 | medium |
| Ohio | Required on some projects | Asphalt, Concrete, Aggregate | 2020 | medium |
| Oklahoma | Required on some projects | Bituminous material | 2022 | high |
| Oregon | Required on some projects | Asphalt concrete pavement mixture | 2024 | high |
| Pennsylvania | Required on some projects | Asphalt | 2022 | high |
| Rhode Island | Required statewide | Hot mix asphalt, Ready-mixed portland cement concrete | 2024 | high |
| South Carolina | Required on some projects | Asphalt mixtures | 2022 | high |
| South Dakota | Required on some projects | Any material weighed for payment where the contract specifies e-ticketing | 2025 | high |
| Tennessee | Required on some projects | Asphalt mixtures, Aggregate, Concrete mixtures | 2020 | high |
| Texas | Optional | Any material weighed under Item 520 | 2021 | medium |
| UtahUDOT runs its own in-house e-ticketing system: suppliers send tickets as JSON to a UDOT web portal, and inspectors work them in the Esri Survey123 app. | Required on some projects | Asphalt, Portland cement concrete | 2019 | low |
| VermontVTrans piloted e-ticketing on hot mix asphalt paving contracts starting in 2020 and required it on two large paving contracts for 2021-2023. | Pilot | Hot mix asphalt | 2020 | low |
| Virginia | Required on some projects | Asphalt plant mixtures, Other weighed materials | 2019 | medium |
| Washington | Required statewide | All weighed materials, HMA, ConcreteB), All materials through the Portal on select projects | 2024 | high |
| West Virginia | Required statewide | Asphalt, Aggregate, Concrete, Pipe, Precast concrete products, Reinforcing steel | 2023 | high |
| Wisconsin | Required on some projects | HMA pavement, Concrete pavement, Concrete masonry structures | 2024 | medium |
| WyomingNo WYDOT specification requiring e-tickets was found; the 2021 Standard Specifications, still the current edition on WYDOT's site, contain no e-ticket language. | Pilot (announced) | Hot mix asphalt, ready-mix concrete, aggregates | Not dated | low |
Confidence is high when a current DOT specification or memo states the requirement, medium when part of the scope or timing could not be confirmed, and low when the evidence is old, secondary, or from a vendor. “Earliest date” is the year of the first dated step we found, which can be a pilot rather than the requirement itself.
Contractors
What contractors should do
- Read the e-ticket special provision in each state’s proposal. Requirements, timing rules, and portals differ by state.
- Confirm every supplier on the job can send e-tickets to the state’s portal before the first load. Alabama and South Carolina want test tickets at least 14 days before the first delivery.
- Keep paper tickets until the contract says you can stop. Alabama, Montana, and Oklahoma still require paper alongside e-tickets.
- Price e-ticketing into your bid. South Carolina and Tennessee pay nothing extra for it. North Dakota pays for it as a lump-sum item.
- Ask software vendors which state portals and data formats they already support, and whether they follow AASHTO MDMS-1.
Haulers
What haulers should do
- Keep truck IDs and legal weight limits accurate at every plant. State e-tickets carry them.
- Make sure your truck number matches the truck number the plant enters on the e-ticket. Oklahoma also requires an identifying number on three sides of the truck.
- Keep carrying the paper ticket unless the prime contractor tells you the paper requirement has been waived.
- Expect agencies that follow MDMS-1 to ask for hauler data such as truck ID, driver, broker, and DOT number.
- On some jobs the truck itself is tracked. South Dakota’s e-ticket option requires fleet-management or GNSS truck tracking with geofences at the source and the point of placement.
The basics
How e-tickets work
- The truck is weighed at the plant. The plant’s ticketing system creates the ticket: truck, material, gross, tare, and net weight, and the time. South Carolina lists 16 required fields. Delaware lists 23.
- The ticket goes to the state’s portal. The plant sends it directly or through a ticketing vendor, usually by API. The clock is short. Iowa wants the ticket before the truck leaves the plant, Tennessee within 5 minutes, and South Carolina within 10.
- The inspector accepts or rejects the load. The inspector at the job reviews the ticket, often in an app. In Idaho, payment is based on e-tickets marked “Delivered.”
- No e-ticket, no load. Where e-tickets are required, a load without one can be rejected, as in Delaware and Idaho.
FHWA’s implementation plan covers the rollout from the agency side [5]. A photo or scan of a paper ticket is not an e-ticket: FHWA counts e-tickets as source documents because they are created, sent, and stored electronically with a chain of custody [6].
How Tread handles it
How Tread handles DOT e-tickets
- Tread’s digital tickets capture the weight, GPS, and timestamp data that state e-ticketing programs ask for.
- Digital tickets come in from WEM, Astec, and Command Alkon scale systems.
- AI reads printed and handwritten paper tickets with 95%+ accuracy. It checks quantity, date, and ticket number and flags duplicates and mismatches.
- Every ticket is tied to its load, so the office sees which loads are missing one.
- Drivers send tickets from the Tread app or by text message.
Check your state program’s requirements for each contract. See Tread e-ticketing for how it works.
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FAQ
DOT e-ticketing questions
Is there a federal DOT e-ticketing mandate?
No. FHWA promoted e-ticketing as an Every Day Counts round 6 innovation in 2021 and 2022, but it does not impose e-ticketing. Federal-aid projects follow each state DOT’s specifications.
Which states require e-tickets statewide?
As of September 26, 2026, Alabama, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Rhode Island, Washington, and West Virginia require e-tickets on all their contracts for at least one material. In most of them that material is asphalt. Many more states require e-tickets on some projects or make them optional.
Which materials need e-tickets?
Asphalt comes first almost everywhere. In a June 2023 FHWA report on an AASHTO survey, all 26 agencies using e-ticketing used it for asphalt, 11 for portland cement concrete, and 9 for aggregates.
Do e-tickets replace paper tickets?
Not everywhere yet. Alabama, Montana, and Oklahoma still require paper tickets alongside e-tickets, and Minnesota still pays from paper weight tickets. Read your contract before you stop printing.
Is a photo of a paper ticket an e-ticket?
No. FHWA counts e-tickets that are created, transmitted, and stored electronically with a chain of custody as source documents for payment. Photos and scans of paper tickets do not count.
What is AASHTO MDMS-1?
MDMS-1 is AASHTO’s Standard Specification for Material Delivery Management Systems, published December 1, 2023. It gives haulers, agencies, contractors, suppliers, and vendors one data format for e-tickets, hauler data, and loading and delivery events. Each agency picks the data it requires.
Does Tread support DOT e-ticketing?
Tread’s digital tickets capture the weight, GPS, and timestamp data that state e-ticketing programs ask for. Check your state program’s requirements for each contract.
Methodology
Compiled from state DOT specifications and FHWA sources. Requirements change, so confirm with your contract. Each state page lists its own sources. Last verified September 26, 2026.
Sources
- FHWA, EDC-6: e-Ticketing and Digital As-Builts (last modified May 13, 2024)
- FHWA, Every Day Counts EDC-6 Final Report (December 2022 status), Internet Archive copy
- AASHTO Journal, New AASHTO Material Delivery Management Guide, December 1, 2023
- FHWA-HRT-23-047, Documenting Effective e-Ticketing Implementation, June 2023, Internet Archive copy
- FHWA, e-Ticketing Implementation Plan (FHWA-HRT-22-045), December 2021
- FHWA, Tech Brief FHWA-HIF-24-068, North Dakota DOT e-Ticketing Peer Exchange (March 2022)