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If you lot're a resident of the land of New Bailiwick of jersey and you buy or lease a car, you must register and title it with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). If yous trade in a auto for a new one, you likewise take the option of transferring your quondam registration. You tin can renew your registration online or through the mail. However, initial registrations or registration transfers must be completed in person at your local motor vehicle agency.[one]

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    Locate the nearest motor vehicle agency. If y'all want to apply for a new vehicle registration, y'all must practice so in person. New Jersey does not take registration applications either online or through the mail.[2]

    • If you're not certain where the nearest MVC part is, you can look information technology up at https://www.state.nj.us/mvc/locations/facilitylocations.htm.
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    Assemble documents to support your application. Along with your application, you must present your driver's license or other identification, proof of New Jersey insurance, your vehicle title, and payment for taxes as well every bit title and registration fees.[3]

    • If your vehicle is leased or financed, you'll too demand your financing statement and the lien holder's information.

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    Summate your tax, title and registration fees. Registration fees vary depending on the weight and grade of your vehicle. Title fees vary depending on whether your vehicle is financed. The MVC accepts major credit cards, personal checks, money orders, and cash for payment.[4]

    • To total your title and registration fees, visit https://www.state.nj.the states/mvc/vehicles/regfees.htm and find the weight class that applies to your vehicle.
    • Call the New Jersey Department of Tax at 609-984-6206 if you need assist calculating the sales tax for your vehicle.
    • If you purchased a new auto, you must pay the registration fees for 4 years. For leased vehicles, you lot must pay the registration fees for the term of the lease.[v]
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    Consummate the awarding form at the motor vehicle agency. The application form requires data about you and the vehicle you desire to register. This form is only bachelor at MVC offices – you can't download it online and fill it out ahead of time.[6]

    • Enter your information on the course neatly, writing in blue or blackness ink.
    • Double-check your form for hours before yous turn it in. Mistakes may cause your registration to be void.
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    Submit your application and payment of fees. When yous are called, present your application along with your identification and form of payment. The MVC official will procedure your application and give you lot license plates and a registration document.[7]

    • Keep your registration certificate in the glove box of your car at all times.
    • If yous ordered a custom or specialty plate, you may be issued a temporary tag to be put on your motorcar. Your plate will exist mailed to you.

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    Confirm the registration lawmaking will remain the aforementioned. You can transfer the registration and plates from an quondam vehicle to a new one. All the same, the name on the registration and the vehicle weight grade must be identical.[viii]

    • For instance, if y'all traded in a sedan for another sedan or a minor SUV, you typically could transfer the registration. However, if you traded in a van or larger truck for a sedan, you wouldn't be able to transfer the registration because the vehicles wouldn't be in the same weight class.
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    Visit your local motor vehicle agency. If you want to transfer your registration from one car to another, you have to exercise it in person. New Bailiwick of jersey doesn't allow registration to be transferred online or through the mail.[9]

    • At the motor vehicle agency, let staff at the greeter desk know that you want to transfer registration. They'll provide you with the forms you demand.
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    Complete a registration form for your new vehicle. Provide information most yourself, your residence, and the new vehicle on the registration form. Indicate that you're transferring registration from an old machine to a new i.[10]

    • Enter the information legibly, using bluish or black ink. Make certain the information you enter on the new course matches the information on the old registration form.
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    Submit your awarding along with proper identification. When you transfer your registration, nowadays your driver's license and proof of New Jersey insurance, along with a copy of your old registration grade. Yous may also need to verify your address with a piece of post addressed to you that was issued inside the final 60 days.[11]

    • Y'all will take to pay a transfer fee of $4.50, plus the prorated registration fee. You can pay with a major credit or debit card, personal bank check, money lodge, or cash.[12]
    • If you likewise need to title your new motorcar, provide the title. If your new automobile is financed or leased, provide the finance agreement along with the name and contact information for the lien holder.
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    Put the sometime plates on your new car. Once you've successfully transferred your registration, y'all will be issued a new registration certificate for your machine. Keep the registration certificate in your glove box.[13]

    • Your one-time plates are at present associated with your new automobile. You cannot utilise them with any other vehicle.

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    Review your renewal notice for accurateness. The MVC volition mail y'all a renewal notice approximately iii months before your registration expires. The find includes your name and accost, data about the vehicle, the appointment your registration expires, and the amount yous owe to renew your registration.[14]

    • If any data on the renewal notice is inaccurate, call the MVC customer support line at 609-292-6500. The number is available on weekdays (except holidays) from 8:xxx a.k. to 4:15 p.m.
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    Use the Pin on your observe to renew online. Your renewal notice includes a 9-digit Pivot on the lower right corner. Go to https://world wide web.state.nj.united states/mvc/vehicles/regrenew.htm and click "renew your registration online," then click the "Begin Online Registration Renewal" button.[xv]

    • You too must provide your Social Security number and your insurance policy number.
    • Yous tin pay your registration fees online using a valid major credit or debit card.
    • You lot cannot renew online later the expiration date listed on your renewal observe.
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    Detach the payment stub to renew by post. Your renewal notice also includes a payment stub and return envelope. If you lot desire to renew by mail, complete the payment stub and include a check or money order for payment of your registration fees.[16]

    • If you don't have the render envelope, you can mail your payment to New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, Revenue Processing Center, PO Box 009, Trenton, NJ 08646-0009.
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    Visit your local motor vehicle agency to renew in person. Bring your commuter'due south license, insurance card, and license plate number with you to renew your auto registration in person. Renewing in person may be best if yous are close to or past the expiration engagement of your sometime registration.[17]

    • The MVC accepts major credit or debit cards, checks, money orders, and greenbacks if you are renewing your registration in person.

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