Fees

For a breakdown of fees charged and collected by the Department of Licensing, please click here.
 

MOTORIZED VEHICLE TITLES

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP - STANDARD $46.00 QUICK TITLE $96.00

This is any change of REGISTERED OWNERS – ADDING or REMOVING a co-owner, vehicle sale, changing from a business to a personal name, LEASE buyout by lessee, putting vehicle into a trust, etc., plus any tax that may be due.

REISSUE TITLE-STANDARD: $39.50 

QUICK TITLE: $89.50

Reissue includes adding, deleting, or changing a LIENHOLDER, Name Change of REGISTERED owner (including putting a personal name and DBA before a business name), and ordering a duplicate title.

NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLE TITLES

**CAMPER AND TRAILER TITLES**

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP: $39.50 

REISSUE TITLE: $39.50

VESSEL TITLES

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP: $30.50 (if licensed) $29.50 (if not licensed) plus any tax that may be due.

REISSUE TITLE $29.50

DUPLICATE TITLE $30.75 if licensed

QUICK TITLE is an additional $50.00

OUT OF STATE TITLE

Out of State Titles without a current Washington record, an additional $54

MOBILE HOME TITLES Transfers $54.50 (not in a mobile home park) Transfers in a mobile home park: $54.50 PLUS The mobile home park fee is increasing to 0.25% of the sale price, with a minimum of $100 and max $500. (ESSB5183) DOL (so all qualifying MOB sales under $40,000 will pay the $100 minimum fee.)

To find out the total of fees for any type of transaction, please contact a licensing office.

Taxes

Tax is due on all new or used purchases in Washington. Sales tax is due on all retail purchases, and use tax is due on all private party sales. Both taxes are calculated at the same rate. For private party sales, the purchase price of the vehicle must be within the Department of Revenue's determination of Fair Market Value. Fair Market Value is the clean, dealer retail value of a vehicle. You may determine what FMV is for your vehicle by visiting Edmunds, NADA, or KBB. For more information, please contact a licensing office.

Gifts and inheritance

Owners who were gifted a vehicle may not be subject to paying use tax when they register the vehicle. As long as the current registered owner paid tax, tax may not be due. If the vehicle is gifted from a jurisdiction where there is no sales/use tax, then tax is due based on Fair Market Value. To find out if tax will or will not be due on a vehicle you received as a gift, please contact a licensing office.

Vehicles received as an inheritance may also be exempt from use tax at the time of transfer. As long as the registered owner on the title paid tax, tax may not be due. For more information, please contact a licensing office.

Transportation Benefit District (TBD) Fee

The TBD fee is imposed by city or county governments to fund local road projects. In Clark County, the cities of Battle Ground and Vancouver are Transportation Benefit Districts. Residents within the cities of Battle Ground and Vancouver must pay an additional fee every year at the time of renewal. For a list of TBD areas and fees, click here.

Donations

Included in your yearly registration renewal cost is a $5.00 donation to Washington State Parks. The fee helps keep our parks open and maintained. You may choose to remove the donation or donate more. The donation is optional.

You may also choose to donate to Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness. Donations go to support outreach and education of organ, eye, and tissue donation. For more information, visit the Organ Donor section of the Department of Licensing website.

Discover Pass

The Discover Pass can be purchased from the Department of Licensing only when registering or renewing your vehicle. We cannot sell a Discover Pass without processing a vehicle transaction. To purchase a Discover Pass, visit discoverpass.wa.gov.