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Department of Motor Vehicles
Everett Frazier
DMV Commissioner
Linda Ellis
Deputy Commissioner/Vehicles Services Director
WV DMV Fees
Class A License Plate/Registration:
- $51.50 – Basic Class A
- $151.50 – Electric Gas Hybrid
- $251.50 – Exclusively Electric
- $251.50 – Hydrogen or Natural Gas
Title Fee: $15.00
Lien Fee: $10.00
Duplicate Titles: $15.00
Duplicate Registration: $10.00
Duplicate Plate: $10.00
Plate Transfer: $10.50
Salvage Titles: $22.50
Lease Vehicles
Taxation on a lease vehicle
- 6% tax is charged on the Cap Cost Reduction at time of filing.
- Minus the net trade in allowance (only if previously titled in WV).
- The leasing company will collect 5% of the lease payment as tax and remit this to the Division monthly.
Transfer of Plates/Other Information
- A license plate can be transferred between vehicles within the same leasing company (transfer fees apply)
- May transfer special plates with a letter from the customer relinquishing the rights to the leasing company (transfer fees apply).
- The leasing company’s address must appear on form DMV-1L. That is the address that will appear on the title and registration. If you need the plate and registration card special mailed to the lessee, then you must include a special mail envelope.
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