Every fee update and correction, dated, with the official source that confirmed it.
Fee schedules change — usually quietly, often mid-year. This page is the public record of what we changed and when, so you can judge how current our numbers are instead of taking our word for it. See how verification works.
2026-08-20 · Pennsylvania
Verified against PennDOT’s MV-70S Schedule of Fees: the certificate of title is $72 and annual passenger registration is $48, with a $5 fee for local use in participating counties and $11 to transfer a plate. The $67 title figure still quoted widely online is out of date.
2026-08-20 · Missouri
The Department of Revenue fee chart shows the taxable-horsepower brackets differ from what we had in the middle of the range — a typical 36–47 HP car registers at $33.25 a year, not $27.25 — and the processing fee is $9 for a one-year registration rather than $6. Title remains $8.50.
2026-08-20 · Arizona
ADOT’s current registration fee schedule lists only the $8 registration fee, $1.50 air quality research fee and $4 title fee. The $32 public safety fee that appears in many older guides is not on the schedule and has been removed from our estimates. The Vehicle License Tax formula was confirmed exactly: 60% of the manufacturer’s base retail price, reduced 16.25% per year, taxed at $2.80 per $100 for new vehicles and $2.89 for used.
2026-08-20 · Washington
Confirmed against the Department of Licensing tab-fee page: $30 licence tab, $11 service fee and $6 filing fee, with weight fees of $25 / $45 / $65 / $72 — we were missing the top tier for vehicles over 8,000 lbs. Electric vehicles pay $100 on first registration and $50 at renewal, plus the $75 transportation electrification fee.
2026-08-20 · Site-wide
Every fee confirmed at an official source is now asserted in an automated test, together with a snapshot of the total cost for a standard $25,000 used-car purchase in each state. Changing any verified number now fails the build deliberately, forcing a fresh check against the source and an entry on this page. Two states remain difficult to verify automatically: the Illinois Secretary of State disallows automated access to its fee publications, and California publishes county tax rates only through an address lookup, so our county figures there are labelled as approximations.
2026-08-20 · North Carolina
Verification against the official NCDMV MVR-94 fee schedule found our figures — and the numbers most calculators publish — were out of date. The certificate of title is $66.75 (not the widely-quoted $56) and private passenger registration is $46.25 (not $38.75), following the state’s scheduled fee adjustment. We also added the $20 penalty for failing to transfer a title within 28 days. Every North Carolina estimate on the site has been recalculated.
2026-08-20 · Georgia
Our guidance said new residents could split TAVT into two payments — that was the pre-2019 rule. The Georgia Department of Revenue confirms new residents now pay TAVT at a reduced flat rate of 3% of fair market value, against the standard 7%. The page has been rewritten and the calculator updated.
2026-08-20 · Colorado
Confirmed against the Colorado DMV taxes-and-fees schedule: the road safety surcharge for a typical car is $19.30 (we had $23), the bridge safety surcharge is $18, and specific ownership tax runs 2.1% / 1.5% / 1.2% / 0.9% in years one to four, then 0.45% through year nine and a flat $3 from year ten — applied to 85% of MSRP. Plug-in hybrids pay a $63.05 road usage fee.
2026-08-20 · Nevada
The Nevada DMV fee page confirms our GST implementation exactly: 4% applied to 35% of original MSRP, depreciated 5% in year one and 10% a year after that, with a floor of 15% and a $16 minimum. We also made the supplemental GST explicit in the data — it is voter-approved in Clark and Churchill counties only, rather than being inferred from emissions-testing status.
2026-08-20 · California
Verified against the CA DMV fee page: base registration is $76 (previously widely quoted as $74), the CHP fee is $34 (previously $29), the Transportation Improvement Fee tiers run $33–$231 (previously $28–$224), and the ZEV Road Improvement Fee is $121 and applies at renewal for model-year 2020 and newer vehicles — not at initial purchase. Several competing calculators still show the older figures.
2026-08-20 · Ohio
Verified against the Ohio BMV fee document: annual passenger registration is $36 (older schedules show $34.50) and the certificate of title is $18 statewide, $23 in counties that adopted the local increase. Alternative-fuel fees confirmed at $200 electric, $150 plug-in hybrid and $100 hybrid.
2026-08-20 · Texas
Base registration $50.75 for cars and light trucks, $54 for pickups 6,001–10,000 lbs, $30 for motorcycles; $13.25 in mandatory state fees; county local fee $0–$31.50. Motor vehicle sales tax confirmed at 6.25% of the greater of the sales price or 80% of Standard Presumptive Value, with a $10 gift tax for qualifying transfers and a $200 annual EV fee.
2026-08-20 · Florida
Verified against the FLHSMV fee schedule: one-time $225 initial registration, weight-based annual registration of $14.50/$22.50/$32.50, electronic title $77.25 new and $85.25 used, plate $28. Florida remains one of the few large states with no additional annual fee for electric vehicles.
2026-08-20 · New York
Two-year weight-based registration confirmed from $26 (under 1,650 lbs) to $140 (6,951+ lbs), with a $32.50 minimum for electric and six-cylinder vehicles. Title $50, plates $25, MCTD supplemental $50 per two years in the metropolitan district, NYC vehicle use tax $30 per two years. The state has signalled a title fee change taking effect in April 2026 — flagged for re-verification.
2026-08-20 · Site-wide
VehicleFeeCalc went live covering California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Arizona, Washington, Colorado, Nevada and Missouri, with itemized results and per-fee source citations.
Spotted a fee that doesn’t match what you were charged? Tell us — corrections are published here with the date and source.