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Car registration fees in Delaware

40Base registration fee

Motor vehicle commonly used for pleasure or for the chief purpose of carrying persons, including station wagons, $40 per year (21 Del. C. 2151).1

The details

How the fee is figured
Flat $40 per year for passenger vehicles, with no weight tiers.1
Electric vehicle fee
Electric motor vehicles pay $110 per year if 6,000 pounds or less, on top of the registration fee (21 Del. C. 2151A).12
Renewal period
Annual. A 6 month registration costs half the annual fee plus $1.00 (21 Del. C. 2155).1

The sources we read do not say: title fee, plate fee, local or county fees.

The DMV fee page did not show its dollar amounts when read except the alternative fuel table, so title, document and plate fees are not listed.

Sources

  1. Delaware Code Title 21 Chapter 21 Subchapter IV Fees, Delaware General Assembly, checked 2 November 2026
  2. Fees, Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, checked 2 November 2026

Checked 2 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.