What
Vehicles Must Be Registered and When
Every vehicle in Alaska is required
to be registered unless specifically exempted by law. The owner
of a vehicle, who is working in Alaska or is establishing residency
in Alaska must apply for registration within ten days of entering
the state or taking a job within the state. A non-resident may
operate a vehicle with a current registration from another state
for 60 days.
In order to register a vehicle in
Alaska, an individual must submit:
If an individual
has purchased either a new or used vehicle from a dealer, the
dealer will usually submit all of the documents to DMV.
Vehicles are registered for a two year period. Normally a vehicle is assigned the
same month as when it is first registered in Alaska and retains
that month even when ownership changes. A vehicle
owner with a vehicle registration which has been expired for
less than a full year is charged the full biennial fee beginning
with the month the registration expired, even if an individual
has just purchased the vehicle and the previous owner let the
vehicle expire, or the vehicle has been parked while it was expired.
The registration starts over is when it has been
expired for over an entire year or when the previous owner did
not pay registration fees for the vehicle as in the case of a senior
exemption or disabled plates.
The Division of Motor
Vehicles collects a Motor Vehicle Registration Tax (MVRT) for
those municipalities and boroughs that have elected to have this
form of personal property tax. The tax rates vary for each
location.
Certain motor vehicle
owners residing in the Municipality of Anchorage and Fairbanks
North Star Borough must have their vehicles inspected for carbon
monoxide emission prior to registration. These are generally
passenger cars and trucks with a net vehicle weight of less than
12,000 lb., powered by gasoline driven engines and a model year
1968 or newer in Anchorage or 1975 or newer in Fairbanks. If
a vehicle is subject to an emissions inspection, the owner must
have the vehicle inspected prior to registering the vehicle,
and provide proof of an Emissions Inspection Certificate
at time of registration.
If you renew over
the Internet, our system automatically checks to assure that
the vehicle has successfully completed an emissions inspection
within the preceding 90 days. Please allow 24 to 72 hours
for this information to become available to our system.
Alaska law requires
that the owner of a vehicle must maintain liability insurance
in effect that provides for the following minimum amounts: $50,000
for bodily injury or death of any one person, $100,000 for bodily
injury or death for any accident, and $25,000 for property damage.
Failure to have liability insurance in effect may result in suspension
of a
driver's license.
A driver is required to certify that there is a policy in effect,
as required by law.
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