✅ 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 procedure for you lot so you can salvage time.

What You'll Need to Register your Vehicle in Massachusetts

📌 Application for Registration and Title ( Course RMV-1 ) (completed & signed by dealer OR past yourself and the private seller; too signed & stamped by a registered insurance amanuensis)

📌 Proof of insurance

📌 If you purchased the vehicle from a dealership…

      • Manufacturer'due south Certificate of Origin (for brand new vehicles only; must include appointment sold, odometer reading, purchase cost, and dealer signature on back of course);
      • Dealer re-assignment form or previous owner's Certificate of Championship (must include date sold, odometer reading, purchase toll, and your and previous owner's signatures on back of Document of Title); OR
      • Bill of sale and previous registration certificate (for vehicles that are age-exempt from titling)

📌 If yous purchased the vehicle in a individual sale…

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

📌 Lienholder data (if applicable)

📌 Payment for fees and taxes

  • $75 for Massachusetts championship fee
  • $threescore for ii-year passenger vehicle registration fee
  • Sales tax (calculated as vi.25% of purchase price of vehicle; not applicable to vehicles purchased out-of-state and registered out-of-state for at least 6 months)

What You'll Do to Register your Vehicle in Massachusetts

If you purchased your vehicle from a dealership...

  • Step 1: Accept the dealer consummate and sign the Application for Registration and Title ( Form RMV-1 )
    • Ensure that lienholder information is included (if applicable)
  • Footstep ii: Procure vehicle insurance and have insurance agent postage and sign your completed Application for Registration and Title ( Class RMV-1 )
  • Step iii: Visit your nearest RMV role ( optional: brand an appointment!)
    • Submit required documents and ID
    • Submit $lx payment plus sales revenue enhancement assessment (if applicable)
    • Receive your temporary vehicle title, vehicle registration document, new license plates, and a registration decal for your rear license plate
  • Step 4: Within 7 days, bring your vehicle for inspection, which must include the following:
    • Prophylactic test
    • Emissions and smog test (applicative to most vehicles)
  • Step 5: Receive your Massachusetts vehicle championship via U.Southward. mail within 2-4 weeks

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

  • Step one: Procure vehicle insurance and have the insurance amanuensis comlete, stamp, and sign your Application for Registration and Championship ( Form RMV-1 )
    • Ensure that lienholder information is included on the form (if applicable)
  • Step 2: Visit your nearest RMV office ( optional: brand an appointment!)
    • Present the required documents & ID
    • Submit $threescore 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 3: Within 7 days, bring your vehicle for inspection, which must include the following:
    • Safety test
    • Emissions and smog examination (applicative to most vehicles)
  • Footstep four: Receive your Massachusetts vehicle championship via U.S. mail within 2-4 weeks

Caveats and Exceptions

Is the vehicle from a family fellow member or a gift?  Then you may be exempt from paying sales tax.  Complete and submit a Sales Tax Exemption Grade ( MVU-26 ) to make up one's mind your eligibility.

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