✅ Updated March 2022

Ultimate guide to Registering your Vehicle in Massachusetts

Here's the ultimate guide to registering your vehicle in Massachusetts. We've simplified the entire process for you lot so you can save time.

What You'll Need to Annals your Vehicle in Massachusetts

📌 Application for Registration and Title ( Class RMV-i ) (completed & signed by dealer OR by yourself and the individual seller; also signed & stamped by a registered insurance amanuensis)

📌 Proof of insurance

📌 If you purchased the vehicle from a dealership…

      • Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin (for make new vehicles only; must include date sold, odometer reading, buy price, and dealer signature on dorsum of form);
      • Dealer re-consignment form or previous owner's Certificate of Title (must include date sold, odometer reading, purchase toll, and your and previous owner's signatures on back of Document of Title); OR
      • Beak of sale and previous registration document (for vehicles that are historic period-exempt from titling)

📌 If yous purchased the vehicle in a private sale…

    • Vehicle title from seller, including (on back of championship):
      • Date of auction
      • Odometer reading at the time of sale
      • Buy price (if omitted, must provide a pecker of sale)
      • Printed names and signatures of both buyer and seller
    • Almost recent registration and bill of auction (if the vehicle is exempt from registration due to age)

📌 Lienholder information (if applicative)

📌 Payment for fees and taxes

  • $75 for Massachusetts title fee
  • $60 for 2-twelvemonth passenger vehicle registration fee
  • Sales revenue enhancement (calculated equally 6.25% of purchase cost of vehicle; not applicative to vehicles purchased out-of-country and registered out-of-land for at least six months)

What You'll Do to Annals your Vehicle in Massachusetts

If yous purchased your vehicle from a dealership...

  • Footstep ane: Have the dealer complete and sign the Awarding for Registration and Title ( Form RMV-1 )
    • Ensure that lienholder information is included (if applicable)
  • Step 2: Procure vehicle insurance and have insurance agent stamp and sign your completed Application for Registration and Championship ( Grade RMV-1 )
  • Step iii: Visit your nearest RMV function ( optional: make an appointment!)
    • Submit required documents and ID
    • Submit $60 payment plus sales tax assessment (if applicative)
    • Receive your temporary vehicle title, vehicle registration certificate, new license plates, and a registration decal for your rear license plate
  • Step 4: Inside vii days, bring your vehicle for inspection, which must include the following:
    • Safety exam
    • Emissions and smog examination (applicative to most vehicles)
  • Step five: Receive your Massachusetts vehicle title via U.S. mail within 2-4 weeks

If you purchased your vehicle from a private seller...

  • Step 1: Procure vehicle insurance and accept the insurance amanuensis comlete, postage stamp, and sign your Application for Registration and Title ( Form RMV-1 )
    • Ensure that lienholder information is included on the course (if applicable)
  • Step two: Visit your nearest RMV function ( optional: make an appointment!)
    • Nowadays the required documents & ID
    • Submit $60 payment plus sales tax assessment (if applicable)
    • Receive your temporary vehicle championship, vehicle registration certificate, new license plates, and a registration decal for your rear license plate
  • Stride 3: Within 7 days, bring your vehicle for inspection, which must include the post-obit:
    • Prophylactic exam
    • Emissions and smog test (applicable to about vehicles)
  • Stride iv: Receive your Massachusetts vehicle title via U.Due south. mail within 2-4 weeks

Caveats and Exceptions

Is the vehicle from a family member or a gift?  Then you may be exempt from paying sales tax.  Complete and submit a Sales Taxation Exemption Grade ( MVU-26 ) to determine your eligibility.

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