Car Title Transfer by State

The transfers compared

• California: $15 transfer fee (Vehicle Code § 9255), plus an $8 smog transfer fee; Application for Title or Registration (REG 343). State guide
• Texas: $28 title fee — or $33 if the buyer's county is a Clean Air Act nonattainment or affected county; Form 130-U. State guide
• Florida: $75; Form HSMV 82040. State guide
• New York: $50 title certificate fee; Form MV-82 (Vehicle Registration/Title Application). State guide
• Washington: $39; The Vehicle Title Application. State guide
• Oregon: The title fee is tiered by fuel economy: $101 for 0–19 MPG, $106 for 20–39 MPG, $116 for 40+ MPG, and $192 for all-electric passenger vehicles; Form 735-226. State guide
• Colorado: $7; Form DR 2395. State guide
• Illinois: $165 title fee plus $25 transfer fee ($190 combined); VSD 190, Application for Vehicle Transaction(s). State guide
• Arizona: No fixed amount stated; standard title and registration fees; Title and Registration Application (in-person process; form number not stated on the.... State guide
• Georgia: $18 title fee and $20 license plate fee, plus Title Ad Valorem Tax and any penalties due (as stated on the Casual Sale and...; Bill of Sale, Form T-7 (proof of sale). State guide
• Michigan: $15 title transfer fee; $16 if there is a loan on the vehicle (out-of-state-residents page).; Application for Michigan Vehicle Title. State guide
• North Carolina: Certificate of Title: $66.75 (MVR-106 fee table).; Title Application, Form MVR-1. State guide
• Ohio: $18 title fee statewide; $23 in some counties if local officials approve an additional charge (Documents & Fees page).; Ownership Assignment and Title Application for Casual Sale, form BMV 3770 (electronic.... State guide
• Pennsylvania: No fee amount stated on the official pages read; Form MV-4ST, Vehicle Sales and Use Tax Return/Application for Registration (PA-titled.... State guide
• Virginia: $15 titling fee, plus Sales and Use Tax (4.15% of sale price, $75 minimum, per DMV 140 Step 2).; Application for Certificate of Title and Registration, form VSA 17A (also cited as.... State guide
• New Jersey: $60 ($85 financed) in death-transfer sections only; no general fee stated; Vehicle Registration Application, Form BA-49 (if applicable). State guide
• Massachusetts: $75 Certificate of Title Fee (paper-title page: 'Correct payment of $75 (plus applicable sales tax)').; Application for Registration & Title (Registration and Title Application / RTA Form),.... State guide
• Minnesota: Title fee $8.25 (due on all initial applications for title and title transfers).; Application to Title and Register a Motor Vehicle. State guide
• Wisconsin: $214.50 for original title or title transfer ($207 for a low-speed vehicle; $0 for title transfer to a surviving spouse,...; Wisconsin Title and License Plate Application, form MV1 (MV1 Online Application Guide.... State guide
• Tennessee: none stated; Affidavit of Non-Dealer Transfers (for gift, low selling, or lineal relative vehicle.... State guide

How to use this directory

Start with the fee column, then open your state's guide for the parts that decide your total: the tax rule and the inspection trigger. Three warnings from the research behind this table: Colorado's title fee is $7.20 — the $76.50/$87.75 figures online are bundles and other states' numbers; Oregon has no single fee (it is tiered by MPG); and Texas has no single fee either ($28 or $33, by county).

Estimate your walk-in total with the Car Title Transfer Cost Estimator. Check the fee, deadline, form, and odometer rule for the twelve new states with the Title Transfer Requirements Checker. The twelve new states add a $214.50 Wisconsin fee, a $66.75 North Carolina fee plus highway use tax, and four states that state no fee or no deadline.

If the transfer is a gift rather than a sale, see Title Transfer for a Gifted Vehicle.

Title transfer by question

The state guides answer title transfer by state. Car Title Transfer Questions answers it by question: the documents, how long a transfer takes, the fees by state, what happens if the title is never transferred, electronic titles, and the Texas forms in full. Start there when the question arrives stateless, then open the state guide for the filing office and the tax rule.

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Facts verified against official state sources 2026-10-23, 2026-10-25, and 2026-10-29. General process information, not legal advice.