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If you lot're a resident of the state of New Bailiwick of jersey and you purchase or charter a motorcar, y'all must register and title it with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). If you trade in a car for a new one, you also have the option of transferring your old 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.[i]

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    Locate the nearest motor vehicle agency. If you want to apply for a new vehicle registration, you must practice and so in person. New Jersey does non take registration applications either online or through the mail.[2]

    • If you're not sure where the nearest MVC office is, you lot can wait information technology up at https://www.country.nj.us/mvc/locations/facilitylocations.htm.

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    Gather documents to support your application. Forth with your awarding, you must nowadays your driver's license or other identification, proof of New Jersey insurance, your vehicle title, and payment for taxes as well equally title and registration fees.[3]

    • If your vehicle is leased or financed, you'll also need your financing argument and the lien holder'due south data.

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    Calculate your revenue enhancement, title and registration fees. Registration fees vary depending on the weight and form 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 full your title and registration fees, visit https://www.state.nj.us/mvc/vehicles/regfees.htm and find the weight class that applies to your vehicle.
    • Call the New Jersey Department of Taxation at 609-984-6206 if you need help calculating the sales tax for your vehicle.
    • If you purchased a new machine, you must pay the registration fees for 4 years. For leased vehicles, you must pay the registration fees for the term of the lease.[5]

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    Consummate the application form at the motor vehicle bureau. The awarding form requires data well-nigh you and the vehicle y'all want to annals. This form is merely available at MVC offices – y'all tin can't download it online and fill information technology out ahead of time.[six]

    • Enter your information on the form neatly, writing in bluish or black ink.
    • Double-check your form for hours before you turn information technology in. Mistakes may cause your registration to be void.

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    Submit your application and payment of fees. When you lot are chosen, present your application along with your identification and form of payment. The MVC official will process your application and give y'all license plates and a registration certificate.[7]

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

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    Confirm the registration lawmaking will remain the aforementioned. You lot can transfer the registration and plates from an old vehicle to a new one. Yet, the name on the registration and the vehicle weight course must exist identical.[viii]

    • For instance, if you traded in a sedan for another sedan or a small SUV, you lot typically could transfer the registration. Nonetheless, if you traded in a van or larger truck for a sedan, you wouldn't exist 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 bureau. If you lot want to transfer your registration from 1 machine to another, you have to do it in person. New Jersey doesn't permit registration to exist transferred online or through the mail.[9]

    • At the motor vehicle agency, allow staff at the greeter desk know that you desire to transfer registration. They'll provide you with the forms yous need.

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    Complete a registration form for your new vehicle. Provide information about yourself, your residence, and the new vehicle on the registration form. Indicate that you're transferring registration from an old car to a new one.[10]

    • Enter the data legibly, using blue or black ink. Make sure the data you lot enter on the new form matches the information on the old registration form.

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    Submit your application along with proper identification. When you lot transfer your registration, nowadays your commuter's license and proof of New Jersey insurance, along with a copy of your quondam registration course. Yous may besides need to verify your address with a piece of mail addressed to you that was issued within the final 60 days.[11]

    • You will take to pay a transfer fee of $iv.l, plus the prorated registration fee. You can pay with a major credit or debit card, personal check, money social club, or greenbacks.[12]
    • If you also need to title your new car, provide the title. If your new car 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 one-time plates on your new auto. One time you've successfully transferred your registration, you will exist issued a new registration document for your car. Keep the registration document in your glove box.[13]

    • Your old plates are at present associated with your new car. Yous cannot use them with any other vehicle.

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    Review your renewal notice for accuracy. The MVC volition post you a renewal find approximately 3 months before your registration expires. The notice includes your name and address, data about the vehicle, the appointment your registration expires, and the amount you owe to renew your registration.[14]

    • If any information on the renewal detect is inaccurate, call the MVC customer back up line at 609-292-6500. The number is available on weekdays (except holidays) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

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    Use the Pin on your notice to renew online. Your renewal find includes a 9-digit Pin on the lower right corner. Go to https://www.land.nj.us/mvc/vehicles/regrenew.htm and click "renew your registration online," then click the "Begin Online Registration Renewal" button.[xv]

    • You also must provide your Social Security number and your insurance policy number.
    • You can pay your registration fees online using a valid major credit or debit menu.
    • You cannot renew online later on the expiration date listed on your renewal find.

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    Detach the payment stub to renew by mail service. Your renewal notice besides includes a payment stub and return envelope. If you lot want to renew past mail, consummate the payment stub and include a bank check or coin order for payment of your registration fees.[16]

    • If you don't have the return envelope, you tin can mail your payment to New Bailiwick of jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, Revenue Processing Center, PO Box 009, Trenton, NJ 08646-0009.

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    Visit your local motor vehicle bureau to renew in person. Bring your driver's license, insurance carte du jour, and license plate number with you to renew your motorcar registration in person. Renewing in person may be best if you are close to or past the expiration date of your old registration.[17]

    • The MVC accepts major credit or debit cards, checks, money orders, and cash if y'all are renewing your registration in person.

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