Registration & Title Fees

Acceptable forms of payment are: cash, money orders, personal checks, bank checks, and credit card (MasterCard, Discover, Visa and American Express). Checks should be payable to Division of Motor Vehicles. Third-party and temporary/starter checks are not accepted. All fees listed below include $2.50 technology surcharge. If you are paying by credit card, there is a minimum service fee of $1.55 per transaction, or 2.40% for transactions of $65.00 and over. This fee goes to the third party provider, Federal Payments, and is in addition to any fees listed below.

Effective July 1, 2013, Rhode Island licenses and motor vehicle registrations are subject to surcharges as part of the Transportation Investment and Debt Reduction Act of 2011.

Category	Transaction	Fee
Registration	Camper RV New	Based on vehicle weight, prorated by date + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge per year
Registration	Camper RV Renewal (2 years)	Based on vehicle weight + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge per year
Registration	Camper Trailer Registration	Based on vehicle weight, prorated by date + $2.50 Trailer Fee Calculation +DOT surcharge equal to one-half of the registration fee for the trailer
Registration	Commercial New	Based on vehicle weight, prorated by date + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge fee per year
Registration	Commercial Renewal (1 year)	Based on vehicle weight + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge fee per year
Registration	Commercial Vanity Renewal (1 year)	Based on vehicle weight + $120.00 + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge fee per year
Registration	Duplicate Registration	$19.50
Registration	Farm Plate	$18.50 +$10.00 DOT surcharge
Registration	Motorcycle New	Prorated by date + $2.50 +$13.00 DOT surcharge fee
Registration	Motorcycle Renewal (2 years)	$41.50
Registration	Motorcycle Vanity Renewal (2 years)	$109.50 ($41.50 renewal + $68.00 vanity plate fee)
Registration	Passenger New	Based on vehicle weight, prorated by date + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge per year
Registration	Passenger Renewal (2 years)	Based on vehicle weight + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge per year
Registration	Passenger Vanity Renewal (2 years)	Based on vehicle weight + $120.00 + $2.50 +$15.00 DOT surcharge per year
Registration	Plate Change (one plate)	$22.50
Registration	Plate Change (two way)	$42.50
Registration	Trailer Registration	Based on vehicle weight, prorated by date + $2.50 Trailer Fee Calculation +DOT surcharge equal to one-half of the registration fee for the trailer
Registration	Update Registration	$7.50
Registration	Temporary Registration	$12.50
Title	Duplicate Title	$52.50
Title	New Title	$52.50
Title	Salvage Title	$52.50
Title	Security Lien Statement	$52.50
Title	Security Lien Statement (change)	$52.50
Title	Transfer Title	$52.50