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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001008886-24-000269
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240726
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240726

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000928658
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				880320154
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-42192
		FILM NUMBER:		241147559

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37419
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4238211212

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY
		CITY:			CHATTANOOGA
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37419

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070522

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COVENANT TRANSPORT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940818
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        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160;20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">___________________________________________________________________</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-A</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">(State or other jurisdiction</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">(I.R.S. Employer</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">400 Birmingham Hwy.</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Chattanooga, Tennessee</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">(Address of principal executive offices)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">Title of each class</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">Name of each exchange on which</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">The New York Stock Exchange</div>
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      <div>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. [X]</div>
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      <div>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. [ ]</div>
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      <div>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. [ ]</div>
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      <div>Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: Not Applicable</div>
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      <div>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 22.5pt;">Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form 8-A in connection with the transfer of the listing of its Class A common stock,
        $0.01 par value per share (the &#8220;Class A common stock&#8221;) from the NASDAQ Global Select Market (&#8220;NASDAQ&#8221;) to The New York Stock Exchange (the &#8220;NYSE&#8221;).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 22.5pt;">The Registrant expects the listing and trading of its Class A common stock on NASDAQ to cease at the close of trading on August 5, 2024, and the listing and trading of its
        Class A common stock on the NYSE to begin at market open on August 6, 2024. The Class A common stock will continue to trade on the NYSE under its existing ticker symbol, &#8220;CVLG&#8221;.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 22.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ITEM 1 &#8211; DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT&#8217;S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 22.5pt;">The description of the Class A common stock included in Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (File No.
        000-24960), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2023, is incorporated herein by reference, except that any reference to NASDAQ is hereby amended to refer to the NYSE.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 22.5pt; font-weight: bold;">ITEM 2 &#8211; EXHIBITS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 22.5pt;">Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on the
        NYSE, and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 24pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</div>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.</div>
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              <div>Date: July 26, 2024</div>
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              <div>/s/ James S. Grant</div>
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