New Car / Motorcycle Registration

The Following will be needed to register a new Vehicle:

  1. MCO Title (Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin)-Properly signed by the  Seller(Dealer) & Buyer
  2. Application for Certification of Title-Form VR-005-(Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)
  3. Dealer Bill of Sale
  4. Lien Holder Contract Paper-Note: If there no Lien Holder, Dealer  Bill of Sale will do
  5. Insurance Coverage
  6. Driver’s License

 

Used Car Registration

Vehicle Purchased from a Dealer

You will need the following:

  1. Title-Properly signed by the  Seller(Dealer) & Buyer
  2. Application for Certification of Title-Form VR-005-(Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)
  3. Dealer Reassignment-Properly filled out by both parties
  4. Dealer Bill of Sale
  5. Lien Release-If Any… but  if there is a lien, you must attach the Lien Release
  6. Maryland Safety Inspection
  7. Odometer Disclosure Statement
  8. Insurance Coverage
  9. Driver’s License

       10.Registration Card if Transferring

Note: If there is no Maryland safety Inspection done, a 30 day temporary  Tag maybe obtained ONLY for Vehicles purchased from an Out-of-State Dealer

 

Vehicle  Purchased from an Individual

You will need the following:

  1. Title-Properly signed by  the Seller & Buyer
  2. Application for Certification of Title-Form VR-005-(Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)
  3. Lien Release-If Any
  4. Maryland Safety Inspection
  5. Notarized Bill of Sale-Required if the vehicle is less than 7 years or newer
  6. Insurance Coverage
  7. Driver’s License
  8. Registration Card if Transferring

Note: If there is no Maryland safety Inspection done, a 30 day temporary  Tag maybe obtained.

Business Car Registration

If you want to register a Vehicle under your Business Name; you MUST Provide the following:

  1. A Copy of Mayland Assessments  & Taxation (Note: It MUST show comapny Name Address)(I.e your  Business Registration)
  2.  FEIN or Tax ID number
  3. Title-Properly signed by  the Seller & Buyer
  4. Application for Certification of Title-Form VR-005-(Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)
  5. Lien Release-If Any
  6. Maryland Safety Inspection
  7. Notarized Bill of Sale-Required if the vehicle is less than 7 years or newer
  8. Insurance Coverage
  9. Driver’s License
  10. Registration Card if Transferring

Note: If there is no Maryland safety Inspection done, a 30 day temporary  Tag maybe obtained at this time.

Transferring a Deceased Owner Vehicle Jointly Owned, Whose Owner is Deceased

  • The Existing Title —
  • The Application (Back of Title: the Assignment of Ownership & Title & Registration Sections must be completed)
  • Lien release if any
  • The Death Certificate
  •  VR-278-The letter MVA sent you to transfer the vehicle to your name
  •  Insurance Coverage
  •  Driver’s License
  •  Registration Card if transferring the Plates
  • MD Safety Inspection if getting new plates

Transferring Vehicle  Ownership from a Deceased Owner to a Surviving Spouse.

The Following documents will be needed for the above vehicle Registration:

  1. Title-Properly signed by the  Spouse(Assignment of Ownership)
  2. Application:(Back of Title: Application for Title & Registration)
  3. Death Certificate
  4.  The State of Maryland Letters of Administration
  5. Lien Release (if  any)
  6. Maryland Safety Inspection ( this will not be required if transferring Tags but will be needed if getting new tags
  7. Insurance Coverage
  8. Driver’s License
  9. Registration Card if Transferring Tags

Note: If there is no Maryland safety Inspection done, a 30 day temporary  Tag maybe obtained.

 

Transferring Ownership Through a person’s Will & Not the Surviving Spouse

The required documents are:

  1. The Title -Properly signed by the Estate Executor & the Buyer
  2. Application:(Back of Title: Assignment of Ownership & Application for Title & Registration must be completed)
  3.  State of Maryland Letters of Administration
  4. Lien Release (if any)
  5. Maryland Safety Inspection (is not required if given to a Child, or Spouse  when transferring tags (New Tags will require Maryland Safety Inspection or if given to an extended family member)
  6. Insurance Coverage
  7. Driver’s License

Note: If there is no Maryland safety Inspection done, a 30 day temporary  Tag  maybe obtained.

 

Transferring Ownership from a Vehicle sold to me by the Deceased owner’s administrator

You will bring the following to register the car:

  1. The Title -Properly signed by the Estate Executor & the Buyer
  2. Application:(Back of Title: Application for Title & Registration)
  3.  The State of Maryland Letters of Administration
  4. Lien Release (if any)
  5. Bill of Sale ( From the Administrator to the Buyer) Or Notarized Bill of Sale-Required if the vehicle is less than 7 years or newer
  6. Maryland Safety Inspection
  7. Insurance Coverage
  8. Driver’s License

Note: If there is no Maryland safety Inspection done, a 30 day temporary  Tag  maybe obtained.

 

 

New Tag Registration, “Tags  Only”

This applies to people who registered their  vehicle  but returned the tags to MVA  for some reason and now, wants to put the vehicle back on the road.

 To register this Vehicle or Motorcycle, you will need:

 

        1.     Present the Title or Vin #

       2.     Form VR-008- New Plates/Stickers & Transfer of Plates (Note: This form will be   

               given to you here to sign, & date)

      3.    Insurance Coverage

     4.   Driver’s License

 

Titled Vehicle  with 30 Day Temporary Tags

This is for a vehicle that was initially titled in the state of Maryland without registration i.e when the title was registered at first, it was, “Title Only Registration”.

You will need:

  1. Present the Title or Vin#
  2.  Form VR-129 MD Inspection Waiver  (Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)
  3. Driver’s License
  4. Insurance Coverage

 

Motorcycle Registration

Motorcycle Purchased from a Dealer

To register this Motorcycle, you will need the following documents:

  1. Title-Properly signed by the  Seller(Dealer) & Buyer
  2. Application for Certification of Title-Form VR-005- (Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)
  3. Dealer Reassignment-Properly filled out by both parties
  4. Dealer Bill of Sale
  5. Lien Release-If Any… but if there is a lien, you must attach the Lien Release
  6. Maryland Safety Inspection
  7. Odometer Disclosure Statement
  8. Insurance Coverage
  9. Driver’s License
  10. Registration Card if Transferring

Note: If there is no Maryland Safety Inspection, a 30 day temporary Tag May be obtained at this time.

 

Motorcycle Purchased from an Individual

You will need the following:

  1. Title-Properly signed by  the Seller & Buyer
  2. Application for Certification of Title-Form VR-005 (Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)
  3. Lien Release-If Any
  4. Maryland Safety Inspection
  5. Notarized Bill of Sale-Required if the vehicle is less than 7 years or newer
  6. Insurance Coverage
  7. Driver’s License
  8. Registration Card if Transferring

Note: If there is no Maryland safety Inspection done, a 30 day temporary  Tag can be obtained.

 

 

Homemade Trailer Registration

To register a homemade trailer, you must provide the following information:

1. Complete VR-005 Form -Application for Certification of Title(Note: This form will be given to you here to sign, & date)

2. Two Pictures of the Trailer are required. One picture of the entire rear view showing             the lights; and one entire side view showing the hitch.

3.Receipts for Parts 

4. Certified Statement – Must itemize all parts used to build the trailer (provide                           receipts as stated above). If all or any of the parts were used, they must be listed and  an estimated value of the used parts entered. The certified statement also needs to                  contain what the owner considers to be the total value of the trailer.

5.  Application for Assigned Vehicle Identification Number (Form VR-198) – Trailers               with a gross vehicle weight of 5,000 lbs or less may apply for assigned vehicle                            identification number at any full service branch of the MVA. Trailers with a gross                        vehicle weight of 5001 lbs or more, are required to be taken to the garage located at               the Glen Burnie branch of the MVA, on Tuesdays between   8:30am and 1:00pm, to                    have the vehicle identification number assigned and affixed by the Maryland State                  Police Auto Theft Unit.

6. Temporary Inspection Waiver, Form VR-129 – Once the VIN has been issued and affixed to the trailer, it will need to be Maryland Safety Inspected before registration plates may be issued. The applicant may apply for a 30-day temporary registration to take the vehicle to an authorized Maryland Safety Inspection Station. If temporary registration is requested, the permanent registration will not be issued until the Maryland Safety Inspection Certificate is submitted. When the safety inspection is submitted, the regular tags may be purchased.

7. Maryland Safety Inspection

8. Insurance Coverage

  9. Driver’s License

Note: If there is no Maryland Safety Inspection at the time of registration, you may obtain 30 Day Temp Tags