How to Renew Your Vehicle Registration in Vermont
Each state requires vehicle owners to register their vehicles. Registration is important for a number of reasons, including paying taxes (buying your tokens), issuing and renewing license plates, ensuring that drivers are subject to emissions testing when needed, and many other reasons.
You will need to register your car when you purchase it, and this is often included in the cost of buying a car if you visit a dealership. However, even if you're buying through a private seller, you'll need to register it yourself by filling out the appropriate DMV form, which can be found on the Vermont DMV website. If you're moving to a new state, you must register your vehicle within a set period of time (often 30 days, but some states have different laws - Vermont gives you 60 days).
In Vermont, you can renew your registration in several ways. You can do this by mail, through the state DMV online service, in person at a state DMV office (in certain locations only), or through a city clerk in certain cities.
Renew by mail
If you want to renew your registration by mail, you need to:
- Send your registration payment to the following address:
Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05603
Your registration will be mailed to you within 10 business days of receipt of payment.
Renew online
To renew your registration online, you need to:
- Visit DMV Online Update Site
- Click the "Continue" button
- Choose how you want to renew your license - there are two options:
- Use your license number
- Use your license plate
- Enter the relevant information and click Continue.
- Provide payment (debit card)
- You will be issued a temporary registration and your regular registration will be mailed within 10 business days.
Renew personally
To renew your registration in person, you must visit a DMV office in person. This includes:
- Bennington
- St Albans
- Dammerston
- St. Johnsbury
- MiddleburyEdit
- South Burlington
- Montpelier
- Springfield
- Newport
- White River Junction
- Rutland
Renew with the city clerk
To renew your registration with the city clerk, keep the following in mind:
- Only certain city employees can renew your registration.
- All city clerks only accept checks and money orders (no cash).
- Payment must be for the exact amount.
- You can only change your address when you renew through the city clerk.
- Clerks cannot renew a registration if it has expired for more than two months.
- City clerks cannot process heavy truck registrations, oversized vehicle registrations, driver's license transactions, IFTA agreements, or IRP registrations.
For more information about renewing your registration in the State of Vermont, visit the State DMV website.
