06/12/2026
Compliance Verification Program:
NATM has made it easier for consumers, dealers, and manufacturers to ensure compliance with safety standards through its Compliance Verification Program (CVP). NATM compiles Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and industry best practices concerning trailer construction and uses those standards to verify compliance at member facilities on a biennial basis.
What does it mean to be ?
✅ Passed NATM's mandatory CVP program
✅ Proved to have the practices in place to build trailers to meet federal regulations
✅ Committed to trailer safety and industry best practices
Not all trailers are created equally, and by joining NATM and proudly displaying the red, white, and blue NATM decal on our trailers, [Company Name] is showing consumers our trailers meet a higher safety standard.
The provides the public some level of assurance that trailers carrying the Decal have been built by a manufacturer in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and recommended best practices. 🤝
💻 Learn more at NATM.com/Decal.
Did you know not all trailers are verified for compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards? 🤯 NATM has made it easier for consumers, dealers, and manufacturers to ensure compliance with these safety standards through its Compliance Verification Program (CVP).
Trailers built by manufacturers who have successfully completed the CVP process have affixed to their frames the NATM compliance decal – an outward sign of safety. When looking to purchase a new trailer, look for the mark!
Buying a trailer? As a consumer, it is nearly impossible to fully understand the hundreds of safety-related regulations that trailer manufacturers are required by law to comply with - including lights, trailer capacities, brakes, and much more.
NATM has made it easier for consumers by creating the NATM Decal. Trailers featuring this decal are built by manufacturers who have verified compliance through the NATM Compliance Verification Program.
More about the CVP:
👉 NATM has compiled the applicable federal regulations and industry best practices and every two years, NATM Compliance Consultants visit member facilities to ensure they have the manufacturing processes in place to build trailers in accordance with these standards.
👉 Participation in this program is MANDATORY for all NATM trailer manufacturing members and only NATM members who have successfully completed the Compliance Verification Program are allowed to place NATM Decals on their trailers.
👉 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Cautions Buyers that Trailers Must Meet Federal Safety Regulations. Find compliant Trailer Manufacturers Near You! Next time you're shopping for a trailer, make sure you ask your for a NATM Compliant trailer manufacturer.
Safe trailering starts in the manufacturing stage - something our NATM Trailer Manufacturing Members are well aware of. Trailers affixed with the were created by NATM Members who successfully completed our Compliance Verification Program. The NATM Decal provides the public some level of assurance that trailers carrying the NATM Decal have been built by a manufacturer in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and recommended best practices. 🤝
