✅ Updated April 2022

Ultimate Guide to Registering your Vehicle in New York

Here'south the ultimate guide to titling and registering your vehicle in New York. We've simplified the entire procedure for you so you tin relieve time.

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

📌 Completed Vehicle Registration/Title Awarding ( Class MV-82 )

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

📌 Proof of vehicle ownership

  • Vehicle championship (signed by previous possessor, if applicable) OR
  • Certified re-create of vehicle title (if title held by lienholder)

📌 Proof of vehicle insurance. Completed New York State Insurance Identification Card (Form FS-xx)

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

  • Identifies the owner;
  • Lists the year, make, 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's weight) and sales tax (if applicable). Make up one's mind the applicable fees and taxes here

📌 Claim for Sales and Utilise Tax Exemption - Title/Registration ( Form DTF-803 ) (if y'all purchased your vehicle before moving to New York)

If registering a dealership-purchased vehicle yourself...

  • Manufacturer's Document of Origin
  • Dealer'south bill of auction ( Form MV-50 )
  • Proof of sales taxation payment (if applicable)

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

  • Bill of auction (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 (Gunkhole), or Snowmobile (Form DTF-802)

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

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

If a dealership is registering your vehicle...

Pace 1: Sit back and relax!  Dealerships typically will submit all the required information to the DMV on your behalf, plus provide you 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-upwards (if required by the dealer)

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

If y'all are registering the vehicle yourself...

Step 1: Visit your nearest DMV part ( optional: brand an engagement!)

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

Step ii: Go your vehicle inspected within 10 days (if the vehicle was purchased via a individual sale)

Stride 3: Receive your vehicle title and registration via U.Southward. post

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