✅ Updated June 2022

Ultimate Guide to Registering your Vehicle in New York

Hither'southward the ultimate guide to titling and registering your vehicle in New York. Nosotros've simplified the unabridged process for you and then you tin can relieve time.

What You'll Need to Annals your Vehicle in New York

📌 Completed Vehicle Registration/Title Application ( Grade MV-82 )

📌 Proof of identity and nascence date, in accordance with NYS point arrangement for identification ( NYS identification point organisation)

📌 Proof of vehicle ownership

  • Vehicle title (signed by previous owner, if applicable) OR
  • Certified copy of vehicle title (if title held by lienholder)

📌 Proof of vehicle insurance. Completed New York Land Insurance Identification Card (Grade FS-20)

📌 Statement from lienholder (if applicative) on company letterhead that:

  • Identifies the owner;
  • Lists the year, brand, model, and vehicle identification number; and
  • Shows that the lienholder has possession of the original title and is aware that the owner of the vehicle is registering the vehicle in New York

📌 $fifty for title certificate fee, $25 for license plate fee, payment for registration fee (based on vehicle'southward weight) and sales tax (if applicable). Decide the applicable fees and taxes hither

📌 Merits for Sales and Use Taxation Exemption - Title/Registration ( Form DTF-803 ) (if you purchased your vehicle before moving to New York)

If registering a dealership-purchased vehicle yourself...

  • Manufacturer'due south Certificate of Origin
  • Dealer's pecker of auction ( Form MV-l )
  • Proof of sales taxation payment (if applicable)

If registering a vehicle purchased in a private sale...

  • Bill of sale (signed by previous owner)
  • Odometer and damage disclosure statements (completed on back of title)
  • Completed Statement of Transaction - Sale or Gift of Motor Vehicle, Trailer, All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Vessel (Boat), or Snowmobile (Grade DTF-802)

You lot tin also register your vehicle online in New York here.

What You'll Do to Register your Vehicle in New York

If a dealership is registering your vehicle...

Step 1: Sit dorsum and relax!  Dealerships typically volition submit all the required information to the DMV on your behalf, plus provide you lot with license plates and a temporary registration certificate, and ensure that the vehicle is inspected

  • Pay a fee to the dealership for the registration fix-upwardly (if required by the dealer)

Step 2: Receive your vehicle title (if no lien) and registration via U.S. mail

If you are registering the vehicle yourself...

Stride one: Visit your nearest DMV office ( optional: make an appointment!)

  • Submit the required documents and ID
  • Pay the applicative fees and taxes
  • Receive an inspection extension sticker (if the vehicle was purchased via a private sale)
  • Receive a temporary vehicle title (if purchased in full via a private sale) and registration

Step ii: Go your vehicle inspected within x days (if the vehicle was purchased via a individual sale)

Step 3: Receive your vehicle title and registration via U.S. mail service

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