What Do I Need To Register My Car In Fulton County

Your registration is comprised of three components:

A metal license plate
A registration card
An adhesive decal

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While at that place are many different plates you can buy, any plate that is not a standard plate requires either extra documentation and/or comes at a higher cost.

Standard plates come in ii varieties:

Standard

Alternate Standard

All standard plates cost $xx.00 the starting time time and $20.00 when you renew your decal. Penalties apply after the expiration engagement. If you are nether the TAVT organisation, you volition only pay $20.00 per year to renew your decal.

Non-standard plates usually carry an additional fee when yous first buy the plate and when you renew the plate. You tin can choose from a variety of plates for military veterans, colleges and universities, sport teams, special interest groups and more.

To discover out the cost and requirements for non-standard plates, visit the Georgia Department of Acquirement'southward website for a complete list. The list is updated often, so be sure to check periodically.

Your plate belongs toyou, not the car. If you lot trade the machine in or sell it, you lot can keep your plate and so that you tin transfer the tag to another vehicle. If your plate has a electric current decal, the cost is only $5.00 to transfer. For plates with expired decals, the toll is the aforementioned equally if you were renewing your registration (minus any taxes). If you take a plate that y'all actually love, you can go on using that plate on time to come vehicles.

When you first buy a plate, you volition receive a registration card that contains information regarding your vehicle and personal information. On the card, you will find:

The expiration date of your current registration
Your vehicle'due south information including the VIN, tag number, yr, make and model
Your customer record data including your name, mailing address, taxation district and county of residence
Our office data
A receipt displaying all payments terminal associated with your vehicle

Registration cards come with 2 copies. Nosotros recommend you keep one copy in your car and the other copy on your person or in a file.

Attached to your registration card is an adhesive decal. On it is the calendar month and year your registration expires, your license plate number, the county of issuance, and a color corresponding to the current year. Each yr, decals take a different color.

This decal is placed in thelesser right corner of your license plate every bit proof of current registration. Each time you renew your registration, you receive a new registration card with a new decal. Place the new decal over the old one. If you end upwardly with a large stack of decals on the back of your plate, you may tear off the old decals before putting on the new one. In fact, we recommend you do this to avoid loss or theft.