Registration Fees

[jimoshel]

The question from MJremi and my own experience yesterday got me wondering what it costs to register and, or title a truck in other pars of the country. Yesterday i transferred the title over and got plates for a 1990 MJ. Cost me $52.60. It would have cost me $85 for regular plates but I got the farm plates. $10 title transfer. $42 registration. Anyway no inspection, emission or otherwise.

[Bmoore2]

Here are Virginia's..... Then you must add sales tax and provide proof of insurance.

 

Vehicle Registration

Passenger - 4,000 lbs or less * *** $40.75

Passenger - 4,001 lbs or more * *** $45.75

Pickup Truck - 4,000 lbs or less gross weight * *** $40.75

Pickup Truck - 4,001 lbs or more gross weight * *** $45.75

Pickup Truck - 6,501-7,500 lbs gross weight * *** $51.75

Motorcycle *** $28.75

Trip permit $5.00

Late fee $10.00

Title

Original title $10.00

Substitute title $10.00

Replacement title (with no changes) $10.00

[Tempus_Fugit]

MN collector plate are around $100, good for life with no annual fees, you'll need an '88 or older though.

[onlyinajeep726]

N. Carolina

 

$40.00 - title transfer

$15.00 - tag transfer

$30.00 - new tags

$5.00  - notary fee (has to be paid in cash)

3% of vehicle value - highway use tax

$30.00 - annual inspection fee ('96 and newer)

$13.60 - annual inspection fee ('95 and older)

$28.00 - annual tag renewal

[rmoore1031]

I just paid NY DMV $149 to get my MJ on the road. That's with 7.75% tax on the $400 purchase and registration for 2 years. Oh and the 10 day temp inspection, another $10 for the actual safety inspection.  In NY it has to be insured to be registered so that's even more $$. About $200 for the whole ordeal.

[Alexia]

Alabama is very cheap on old vehicles. Generally I pay under $100 for each vehicle for renewals. No inspection or emissions testing. Tax is only applied at the time of title transfer The 1996 Cherokee I bought for $500 cost me $54 to transfer, register, and pay tax on.

 

Alabama is not quite brilliant with their vehicle registration. The state only just this year started actually checking for insurance upon registration. Before it was, "Do you have insurance on this vehicle?" <Owner> "I sure do!" *Wink* My LJ is licensed in Alabama, but is still titled in Pennsylvania. I have a valid registration for a vehicle that does not exist to the state of Alabama. They claim the can not fix either apparently, but it does not matter to them. The final piece... My MJ is registered as a 1997.

 

Basically, if you give Alabama money each year for your vehicle they nod and do not care.

[gogmorgo]

Not really "in the country" as per Jim's original post, but my '91 MJ's registered in Manitoba. When I bought it, somehow it was on that magic "four months after your date of birth" day (no idea whose @$$ they pulled that from...) that they count everything down from and you have to do stuff on that day every year, so I got to pay the whole deal, not some prorated "pay for an entire month then come back in two days and pay for the next entire year" garbage. Which was completely by accident but totally awesome. At any rate, it means that on the insurance stuff I have the proper rates I paid.

MPI is a crown corp that handles both the DMV stuff as well as being the only insurance company. You're required by law to have insurance, so it simplifies things, and depending on your situation can actually reduce insurance rates over private systems, but ymmv (best quotes I got while I was in Ontario were twice those I got in MB or here in SK). I understand they're a lot harder on "unsafe drivers" than most private co's are.

But at any rate, when all was said and done it cost me $719 to put my MJ in my name in Manitoba.

$119 provincial sales tax on vehicle purchase (one-time)

$439 insurance premium

$154 registration charge

$7 plate use

I've got no idea if those are annual or not or if there's some kind of first-time fee included or what. I've only paid them once.

 

I've looked into putting SK plates on it, and the rates are almost identical. it's a handful of change under what I'm paying now on SGI's online calculator, so it's not worth it since I'm not required to (as a student who removes the truck from the province every couple months) and it'll cost me more to have an out-of-province inspection done than I'd save on insurance in something like 80 years...

[Xacto]

PA registration is $58.50/year for the MJ and $36/year for the car.

[ParadiseMJ]

I just paid $101 registration for my 88 MJ yesterday for one year - No smog this year.

 

Smog inspection required every two years $38 to the tech and $18 to the state.  All shops (in this county anyway) charge the $38.  Some counties, or "zones" are less stringent than others, depends on the population of the county/zone.  L.A., S.F., Sacramento areas are more restrictive, rural counties less restrctive, "out in the boonies" areas even less restrictive. Some shops will re-test free if you fail, some won't. 

 

If you fail big time you have to go to a "gross polluter" station, and pay again, and pay, and pay if you keep failing.  There are exceptions and limits to how much you have to spend to fix the problem...but they're high.  Older vehicles that didn't come with cats or emissions equipment are "smog exempt".  You can all buy 49 state catalytic converters...I have to buy a California Cat.  But if you move into CA from another state/province you can still use the 49 state cat...until you have to replace the cat...then you have to buy a CA Cat.

 

However, if you keep your vehicle in good shape, maintained and running clean you have nothing to worry about. 

 

There is no "safety inspection" per se. If you are driving a total beater, missing/broken light, spewing smoke etc. you get a "fix it ticket". No charge if you actually fix it.  If you don't, they fine you and/or take the thing off the road and non-op it.  You still own it, you just can't drive it legally (on the street) til you fix it.  Trail Rig only...no problem.

[1tonMJ]

I just paid NY DMV $149 to get my MJ on the road. That's with 7.75% tax on the $400 purchase and registration for 2 years. Oh and the 10 day temp inspection, another $10 for the actual safety inspection.  In NY it has to be insured to be registered so that's even more $$. About $200 for the whole ordeal.

I am in TN now, but I bought my truck when still in NY. First registration was $180, due to the price, and the re-reg was $75, after 2 years.

[ParadiseMJ]

  In NY it has to be insured to be registered so that's even more $$.

 

As it should be.  If you run in to me, you pay, not me.  Nothing worse than somebody with no insurance damaging me or mine, then we'd have to go to court.  Messy!

[rmoore1031]

 

 

In NY it has to be insured to be registered so that's even more $$.

As it should be. If you run in to me, you pay, not me. Nothing worse than somebody with no insurance damaging me or mine, then we'd have to go to court. Messy!

I agree with you man. Another thing great about auto insurance in NY is when a cop passes a vehicle, it has cameras that scans the plates. Tells the cop if registration, insurance, inspection is current or not. Also related to that is insurance companies have to report when insurance has been dropped on a car. So it's a great system. I know someone in my old unit got in trouble for insurance lapsing on his car. He's the kind of guy that deserved what happened.

[HOrnbrod]

Just registered the JK and the MJ in Alabama. The JK was $250.95 (first full year only = pay tax), the MJ was a mere $28.35. And yes, I did have to provide proof of insurance as usual.

[ParadiseMJ]

 

 

 

In NY it has to be insured to be registered so that's even more $$.

As it should be. If you run in to me, you pay, not me. Nothing worse than somebody with no insurance damaging me or mine, then we'd have to go to court. Messy!

I agree with you man. Another thing great about auto insurance in NY is when a cop passes a vehicle, it has cameras that scans the plates. Tells the cop if registration, insurance, inspection is current or not. Also related to that is insurance companies have to report when insurance has been dropped on a car. So it's a great system. I know someone in my old unit got in trouble for insurance lapsing on his car. He's the kind of guy that deserved what happened.

 

I generally don't agree with "the man" being able to find your life story with one scan...but in this case that system can keeep you from getting pulled over, even if your tags have expired, but you're all paid up/insured and legit and the DMV hasn't sent you the paperwork.  In larger, more populated states/provinces/areas there's alot of red tape, and Joe Normal can get screwed.

 

Just like inspection/no inspection, if you have your s**t togetheer and keep everything legal, you don't have anything to worry about.  Pull over the bad guys, leave the good guys alone.

[64 Cheyenne]

If you live on the rez, $4