Passenger vehicle registration fees, use taxes and supplemental fees

Determine the fees and taxes for passenger vehicles

Use the both the registration fee and county use tax charts to determine your registration fee and county use tax.

If this is the original registration of your vehicle, in addition to the registration fee and county use tax, you must pay

  • the fees for your vehicle plates ($25.00)
  • your title certificate fee of $50.00
  • the sales tax - the amount of the sales tax depends on the purchase price and your locality. You can see the current sales tax rates by jurisdiction  at the Department of Taxation and Finance web site.

There is a minimum 2-year fee of $32.50 for a vehicle that has 6 or more cylinders, or for an electric vehicle. Dealers, this minimum fee is not a surcharge or an additional fee. 1


Registration fee chart for passenger vehicles

The chart shows the 2 year fee by vehicle weight. 

WeightFee
0000 - 1,650 lbs.$26.00
1,651 - 1,750 lbs.$27.50
1,751 - 1,850 lbs.$29.00
1,851 - 1,950 lbs.$31.00
1,951 - 2,050 lbs.$32.50
2,051 - 2,150 lbs.$34.00
2,151 - 2,250 lbs.$35.50
2,251 - 2,350 lbs.$37.50
2,351 - 2,450 lbs.$39.00
2,451 - 2,550 lbs.$40.50
2,551 - 2,650 lbs.$42.00
2,651 - 2,750 lbs.$43.50
2,751 - 2,850 lbs.$45.50
2,851 - 2,950 lbs.$47.00
2,951 - 3,050 lbs.$48.50
3,051 - 3,150 lbs.$50.00
3,151 - 3,250 lbs.$52.00
3,251 - 3,350 lbs.$53.50
3,351 - 3,450 lbs.$55.00
3,451 - 3,550 lbs.$56.50
3,551 - 3,650 lbs.$59.00
3,651 - 3,750 lbs.$61.50
3,751 - 3,850 lbs.$64.00
3,851 - 3,950 lbs.$66.50
3,951 - 4,050 lbs.$69.00
4,051 - 4,150 lbs.$71.00
4,151 - 4,250 lbs.$73.50
4,251 - 4,350 lbs.$76.00
4,351 - 4,450 lbs.$78.50
4,451 - 4,550 lbs.$81.00
4,551 - 4,650 lbs.$83.50
4,651 - 4,750 lbs.$85.50
4,751 - 4,850 lbs.$88.00
4,851 - 4,950 lbs.$90.50
4,951 - 5,050 lbs.$93.00
5,051 - 5,150 lbs.$95.50
5,151 - 5,250 lbs.$98.00
5,251 - 5,350 lbs.$100.50
5,351 - 5,450 lbs.$102.50
5,451 - 5,550 lbs.$105.00
5,551 - 5,650 lbs.$107.50
5,651 - 5,750 lbs.$110.00
5,751 - 5,850 lbs.$112.50
5,851 - 5,950 lbs.$115.00
5,951 - 6,050 lbs.$117.00
6,051 - 6,150 lbs.$119.50
6,151 - 6,250 lbs.$122.00
6,251 - 6,350 lbs.$124.50
6,351 - 6,450 lbs.$127.00
6,451 - 6,550 lbs.$129.50
6,551 - 6,650 lbs.$131.50
6,651 - 6,750 lbs.$134.00
6,751 - 6,850 lbs.$136.50
6,851 - 6,950 lbs.$139.00
6,951 lbs. or more$140.00

 

County use taxes and supplemental fees

Residents of New York City and several counties in New York State must pay a vehicle use tax when they register a passenger vehicle or renew a passenger vehicle registration. 2

If you reside outside New York City and you are exempt from the vehicle use tax in the county where you reside or have a business, complete form UT-11C. 3


New York City 
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island)

All passenger vehicle original registrations and renewals

  • Vehicle use tax$30 for two years ($15 per year)
  • Supplemental MCTD fee - $50 for two years ($25 per year)

County use tax chart for counties outside of New York City

The chart shows the use taxes for all original registrations and renewals by the weight of the vehicle. Residents of the 12 counties in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District (MCTD) also pay a supplemental fee for each year the registration is in effect. 

County

Weight

Use Tax

Albany

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Allegany

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Broome

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Cattaraugus

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Chautauqua

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Chemung

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Chenango

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Clinton

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Cortland

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Dutchess

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

Supplemental MCTD Fee

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

$50 for 2 years ($25 / year)

Erie

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Franklin

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Genesee

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Livingston

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Madison

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Monroe

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Montgomery

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Nassau

All weights

Supplemental MCTD Fee 

$30 for 2 years ($15/year)

$50 for 2 years ($25/year)

Niagara

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Oneida

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Onondaga

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Orange

Supplemental MCTD Fee

$50 for 2 years ($25 / year)

Orleans

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Oswego

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Putnam

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

Supplemental MCTD Fee

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

$50 for 2 years ($25 / year)

Rensselaer

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Schenectady

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Schuyler

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Steuben

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Suffolk

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more 

Supplemental MCTD Fee 

$30 for 2 years ($15/year)

$60 for 2 years ($30/year)

$50 for 2 years ($25 / year)

Sullivan

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Tioga

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Tompkins

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Ulster

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Warren

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Washington

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Westchester

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

Supplemental MCTD Fee

$30 for 2 years ($15/year)

$60 for two years ($30/year)

$50 for 2 years ($25/year)

Wyoming

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

Yates

3,500 lbs. or less

3,501 lbs. or more

$10 for 2 years ($5/year)

$20 for 2 years ($10/year)

  1. 1. Do not add $32.50 to the fee that the chart indicates or to the amount that the Estimate registration fees service calculates.
  2. 2. The DMV collects the taxes for the city and the counties. Read the table below to determine if you must pay a vehicle use tax. If you have questions about these taxes, ask the city or county where you reside or have a business.
  3. 3. If you reside in New York City and you are exempt from the NYC vehicle use tax, get form UT-11 from a DMV Call Center.