When a department acquires or disposes of a trailer, the department is responsible for notifying Transportation Services of such transactions.
When a trailer acquisition is made, Transportation Services will need the following information from the department:
If license plates are needed, Transportation Services will assist in obtaining the license plates from the Secretary of State’s Office. Trailers requiring license plates must have “U” plates. When a trailer is being disposed of, the department must contact Transportation Services and return the license plates (if applicable). Transportation Services will secure the license plates until a time they are reassigned to another trailer.
Annually, Transportation Services will contact those departments who are on record as having a trailer and will request that the contact person:
Any discrepancies will be addressed in order to rectify the situation.
Transportation request forms and mileage logs are available through Transportation Services. Please call 815-753-1558 or email us transportation@niu.edu to request forms. We can send them to you via campus mail.
Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
If you have a transportation need outside of these hours, please call our emergency phone number at 815-753-1559 for assistance.