What is needed to register and obtain a Georgia title and license plate in my name for a vehicle that is currently titled in Georgia?

• A completed MVD tag and/or title application (Form MV-1) - This application should be typed, completed electronically and printed or printed legibly by-hand in blue or black ink in the vehicle owner's full legal name and signed by the vehicle owner. If the vehicle is jointly owned, each owner's full legal name, valid Georgia driver's license or Georgia identification card number and signature is required. An individual's full legal name is their complete name as it appears on their valid Georgia driver's license or Georgia identification card. For individual owners, enter each owner's valid Georgia driver's license or Georgia identification card number in the spaces provided.
• If your vehicle is financed, enter the lien or security interest holder's name, address and MVD assigned customer number, if known, in the spaces provided. Please enter their correct mailing address. Some financial institutions require payments to go to one address and titles to go to another. Contact your financial institution for this information. The Georgia title, when issued, will be mailed to the first lien or security interest holder at the address shown on your title application. If there are no liens or security interest holders recorded, the title, when issued, will be mailed to you, the vehicle owner.
• If all current owners go in person to their county tag office with their valid Georgia driver's license or Georgia identification card, the vehicle's current odometer reading, when an odometer disclosure is required, the required supporting document, proof of Georgia liability insurance, proof that your vehicle has passed an emission's inspection when required for your vehicle in your county of residence, and payment of the required fees and taxes, this application can be completed online and printed for your signatures and processing. This same application can be used to apply for both a title and tag or tag transfer at your county tag office. Click here to view a list of vehicles exempt from the odometer disclosure requirements.
• Original valid Georgia title properly assigned to you, the vehicle's owner, using your full legal name and showing a complete and correct chain of ownership.
• All recorded liens and/or security interests against the previous owner must be released in the spaces provided on the title.
• Proof that your vehicle is insured with the required Georgia liability insurance. Click here to find out what is acceptable proof of insurance.
• Proof that your vehicle has passed an emission inspection when your vehicle requires an inspection in your county of residence. For more information regarding emissions inspections, please call the Georgia Clean Air Force at: 1-800-449-2471 or click here to connect to their web site.
• Payment for the total fees and vehicle ad valorem taxes due. Click here to determine the total dues and taxes due. Pay all fees due with cash, check or money order payable to the Office of the Tax Commissioner. Contact your County Tag Office for other acceptable methods of payment. Please do not remit cash through the mail!

Note: Every Georgia owner, other than a licensed dealer, must obtain a title in their name for the vehicle before transferring, when the vehicle requires a Georgia title.

Click here to find out where to register and obtain a title and license plate for your vehicle. If you do not already have a Georgia title issued in your name for this vehicle, when a Georgia title is required, you must apply for a title at the time of registration.

When to Apply

You have thirty (30) days from the purchase or transfer date to register and obtain a tag or to transfer your existing valid Georgia tag, from a vehicle you no longer own, to this vehicle. To be able to transfer the tag, both vehicles, the previously owned vehicle and the newly purchased/acquired vehicle, must require the same category tag. Click here to view a list of the different tag categories. If you fail to register your vehicle during this thirty (30) day period of time, you will be subject to fines if stopped by law enforcement or if the vehicle is involved in an accident. Click here to view a list of vehicles that do not require a Georgia title.