Motor Vehicle Registrations
If you have questions or concerns please contact us and we can point you in the right direction.
You can also check out the State of Maine's website for registration information and various forms.
Click here to access their website.
NEW May 1, 2025 - July 2026
Starting May 1, 2025 BMV and Agents will no longer issue chickadee plates for PC class codes and your plate(s) will be swapped when you re-register your vehicle(s).
You may choose from...
- a Pine Tree Plate for no additional cost
- a "No Tree Plate" for no additional cost
- or one of the current specialty plate options (specialty plate fees apply)
Other classes, including but not limited to the following, will change for no additional cost but will only have the
Pine Tree option:
Antique (AQ) Combination (CM) Commercial (CO)
Custom Vehicle (CV) Disabled (DX), Farm (FM) Horseless Carriage (HC)
Low Speed (LS) Motorhome (MH) Special Equipment (SE)
Street Rod (SR) Tractor (TR) Tractor Trailer 800 Series (TT)
Special Mobile Equipment (SM)
Beginning June 3, 2024, registrants who would like to keep their current chickadee plate numbers may reserve their plate number for a $25 one-time fee. This includes people with vanity, low digit, and National Guard (PC class code) plates.
There are four ways registrants may reserve their plate(s).
1. Online through the stand-alone reservation portal, (maine.gov/online/reservemyplate).
2. Through a reservation process as part of the Rapid Renewal website.
3. At a branch location.
4. By mailing the Application to Reserve a Plate Number (MV-62) to the Administrative Office.
Registrants may email any reserve plate questions to platereserve.bmv@maine.gov.
This will be a long process for staff and we ask that you be kind and make the change as easy as possible. We will promise to do the same for you.
New Registrations
What will I need??
Dealer Sale:
- Blue title paper (MVT-2) - may also be white starting 1/1/2024
- Proof of sales tax paid
- Proof of insurance
- Window sticker showing MSRP (current year or newer vehicles)
Private Sale:
- Title from previous owner(s) signed by them
- Bill of sale showing how much was paid and what the vehicle is, including the VIN#
- Proof of insurance
Every situation is different. If you have additional questions please call the Office.
Title: $33
No title needed on vehicles year 1998 or older
New law effective 1/1/2024
Specialty Plates: $20 at 1st registration and $15 at every re-registration (Sportsmen is always $20)
Vanity Plates: $25 We cannot issue vanity plates here in the office but they can be ordered online or with a form through the mail. We have the forms here at the office or they can be printed offline. Please allow at least 1 month after your register your vehicle to apply for the vanity to make sure the State has the most up to date registration information.
Out of Rotation: 1-time $25 fee
Used when you do not accept the next plate in line and want to pick from what we have in stock.
Antique Auto/ Motorcycle: 1989 or older (will need to complete an Antique Auto Affidavit)
(New law effective 8/9/2024 35 years and older)
Transit Plates: 1-way: $12.00, 2-way: $25.00
You must have proof of insurance on the vehicle.
The vehicle may not have been registered by you in the past.
Valid for 10 days.