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Motor Vehicle Services   **MVD Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday excluding state holidays **
How much will it cost me to register my vehicle in Georgia?
Your vehicle may be subject to the following fees and taxes:
Annual Registration fee. Click here to view a rate chart showing the different types of regular-issue tags and the annual registration fee for each. Manufacturing fee, if you are requesting a special tag. This manufacturing fee varies according to the type special tag being requested. Click here to view the types of available special tags and the fees and requirements for obtaining. Annual special tag fee associated with certain special tags. Click here to view the types of available special tags and the fees and requirements for obtaining. Mailing fee - $1.00 fee if your tag/renewal decal is to be mailed to you. Some counties require first time residents to register in-person. Ad valorem tax. This tax is based on the vehicle's value and the financial needs of various levying authorities in your county. Click here to calculate your vehicle's ad valorem tax. Whether or not this tax is due depends on the vehicle owner's registration period in his/her county of residence. In the majority of counties, the owner's registration period for individuals would be the 30 day period ending at midnight on the primary owner's birthday. The primary owner is the owner shown first on the vehicle's title and registration. Click here to determine your registration period. For new residents, whether or not ad valorem tax is due depends on when the vehicle owner became a Georgia resident. Sales Tax – Click here to read State Regulation 560-12-1-.07 regarding sales tax. When applying for a Georgia title for a vehicle that was purchased form an out-of-state/country dealer or business or a Georgia business, Georgia sales tax must be paid at the time of application or proof must be submitted that the sales tax has already been paid. Sales tax is also due when the dealer charges the wrong sales tax rate. A Georgia title and license plate will not be issued until any sales tax due is paid. The amount of sales tax due is based on the vehicle's purchase price or the vehicle's fair market value if a sales invoice is not submitted. Click here to determine the sales tax rate in your county. The published sales tax rates for counties include the State of Georgia's sales tax rate. For additional information regarding sales tax, please contact the DOR Regional Office serving your county. Emissions Inspection Fee - The cost of an emissions inspection (metro-Atlanta counties only). If required for your vehicle in your county, your vehicle (non-motorized vehicles such as trailers are exempt) must pass an emissions inspection. For additional information regarding emissions inspections, click here to connect to the Georgia Clean Air Force's website or call: 1-800-449-2471. Title Fee - $18.00 title fee if you are applying for a title at the time of registration. If your vehicle is required to have a title in this state, you must apply for a title at the time of registration when a Georgia title has not already been issued in your name for the vehicle. Click here to see if your vehicle requires a Georgia title. Title Penalty - $10.00 title penalty is due if you fail to apply for a Georgia title, when a title is required, within 30 days of the vehicle's purchase or acquisition date. This fee is not due when your vehicle is currently titled or registered out-of-state or country in your name. Additional Title Penalty - $10.00 additional title penalty is due if you previously applied for a Georgia title and your application was returned requesting additional action before title issuance and compliance has not been made within 60 days of the accompanying letter's date.
NOTE: Pay all fees and/or taxes due with cash, check, or money order payable to the Office of the Tax Commissioner. Most counties require checks to be imprinted with a local bank's address. Out-of-state checks are usually not accepted. Please do not remit cash through the mail! Contact your County Tag Office for other acceptable methods of payment.
Where to Apply
Click here to determine where to register your vehicle in this state.
For additional information regarding registering your vehicle(s) in this state, contact the Tag Office in the county in Georgia where you reside.

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