Your vehicle

$
Not needed for renewals, gifts or new residents.
$
Tax is charged on the price minus the trade-in.
%
Dealer: the rate where the dealership is. Private sale: the rate where you live. Leave blank if you don't know it.
Collected by your county with the registration every year: the car's market value × 15% × your local millage.
$
The county uses the Department of Revenue's value for your car, not what you paid. Enter your best estimate.
mills
Your county license office publishes it, often as a decimal: 0.058 = 58 mills.
Estimated total
$640.75

Example for a $30,000 car. Enter your own price to update it.

  • Registration fee$13 + $10 additional (passenger car)$23.00
  • Issuance feeCounty license office$1.25
  • Local issuance / city feesVary by county and citynot available
  • Title application$15.00
  • Title processing commissionDesignated agent$1.50
  • State sales tax2% of price$600.00
  • Local sales taxEnter your county + city ratenot available

Total excludes items marked "not available".

What you'll pay later

Renewal at today's rates: $24.25/yr + items not available

Year 1 $640.75 · Years 2–5 $24.25/yr · 5-year total $737.75 + items not available

Estimate only, at today's rates for the same car.

Estimate only. Rates checked October 15, 2026 · Alabama. Confirm with the Alabama Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division (through your county license office).

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