Motor Vehicle Registration
Motor Vehicle Registration
You must register your vehicle before the reciprocity agreement between North Carolina and your former state expires (usually 30 days). Registration is renewed annually.
To register your vehicle, apply in person at a license plate agency and present your title and a valid registration card from your former state. If your title is held by a lienholder, you must provide the lienholder’s name and address on a state form for title release. You must also present proof of vehicle liability insurance at or above the minimum standards.
You must also get a vehicle safety inspection within 10 days of receiving your North Carolina license plate. Residents of Buncombe, Henderson and Haywood counties must also have an emissions inspection along with the safety inspection.
Although the state does not levy sales tax on motor vehicles, North Carolina counties assess property taxes annually. Your car will be registered when you receive your license plate, and you’ll receive a bill in about three months for 3 percent of your car’s value.
Vehicle Registration Offices:
85 Tunnel Road, Asheville . . . . . . . . . . 828-252-8526
153 Smokey Park Hwy., Suite 8,
Asheville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .828-667-2104
145 Four Seasons Mall
Hendersonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .828-692-0648
56 New Clyde Hwy., Canton . . . . . . . . .828-646-3406
65 Branner Ave., Waynesville . . . . . . . .828-452-2633
164 N. Main St., Marshall . . . . . . . . . . .828-649-2248
45 N. Main St., Madison . . . . . . . . . . . .828-649-3528
62 New Hendersonville Hwy.,
Pisgah Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .828-883-3251
454 E. Main St., Sylva . . . . . . . . . . . . .828-586-3886
