Tax Office

Fee Amount

• Fully electric cars and trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 lbs. or less will be assessed an annual $200 fee at time of initial registration or renewal starting September 1, 2023
• New electric vehicles (EV) issued two years of registration to match a two-year inspection will be assessed a $400 fee.

What is Exempt

• Hybrids
• Vehicles with combination fuel types
• Motorcycles
• Mopeds
• Autocycles
• Neighborhood electric vehicles. 
• Governmental vehicles with exempt registration
• Other vehicles for which no registration fee is due, including those with Disabled Veteran and other meritorious military license plates

An "EV FEE" of $200 will appear as a line item on the renewal notice for electric vehicles later this year. EV owners with registrations expiring in September and October 2023 will receive letters explaining the change in state law and the impact to their renewal cost. 

Effective Date

• Customers renewing their registration prior to September 1, 2023, will not be charged the fee regardless of when their registration expires
• Customers renewing on or after September 1, 2023, will be required to pay the fee regardless of when their registration expired