✅ Updated May 2022

Ultimate Guide to Registering your Vehicle in New York

Hither'due south the ultimate guide to titling and registering your vehicle in New York. We've simplified the entire process for you and so you tin save fourth dimension.

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

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

📌 Proof of identity and nativity engagement, in accordance with NYS point system for identification ( NYS identification point system)

📌 Proof of vehicle ownership

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

📌 Proof of vehicle insurance. Completed New York State Insurance Identification Carte du jour (Course FS-twenty)

📌 Argument 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

📌 $50 for title certificate fee, $25 for license plate fee, payment for registration fee (based on vehicle's weight) and sales tax (if applicable). Make up one's mind the applicable fees and taxes hither

📌 Claim for Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Title/Registration ( Grade 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 bill of auction ( Form MV-50 )
  • Proof of sales tax payment (if applicable)

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

  • Pecker of auction (signed past previous owner)
  • Odometer and damage disclosure statements (completed on dorsum of title)
  • Completed Statement of Transaction - Sale or Souvenir of Motor Vehicle, Trailer, All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Vessel (Boat), or Snowmobile (Grade DTF-802)

You can also annals your vehicle online in New York here.

What Yous'll Do to Annals your Vehicle in New York

If a dealership is registering your vehicle...

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

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

Stride 2: Receive your vehicle title (if no lien) and registration via U.South. postal service

If you are registering the vehicle yourself...

Footstep 1: Visit your nearest DMV office ( optional: brand an date!)

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

Step 2: Get your vehicle inspected within 10 days (if the vehicle was purchased via a private sale)

Pace three: Receive your vehicle championship and registration via U.S. mail

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