Your vehicle

A private pickup of 3/4 ton or less pays the same as a car. Commercial vehicles add a $4 fee and a gross weight fee.
Electric vehicles don't pay the $1.50 air quality fee. The old low Vehicle License Tax for alternative fuel vehicles only applies to vehicles first registered in Arizona before 2023.
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The Vehicle License Tax is based on this, not on what you paid. Your MVD renewal notice or the vehicle's window sticker shows it. Leave blank if you don't know it.
Counted from the vehicle's first registration. The tax drops every year.
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Only used for the sales or use tax on a dealer purchase.
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The combined rate depends on where the vehicle is bought (dealer) or kept (out-of-state purchase). The Department of Revenue's rate tables list it. Leave blank if you don't know it.
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Credited against the Arizona use tax.
Exempt: the five newest model years, motorcycles, electric vehicles and 1966 or older. The test is paid at the station, so it isn't in the total.
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Estimated total
$522.50

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

  • Vehicle License Tax (1 yr)Year 1: $2.80 per $100 of 60% of base priceArizona Revised Statutes 28-5801 (Vehicle License Tax: 60% of the manufacturer's base retail price in the first year, 16.25% less each later year; $2.80 per $100 in the first year, $2.89 after; $10 minimum) · checked Oct 20, 2026$504.00
  • Registration fee (1 yr)$8.00
  • Air quality fee (1 yr)Arizona Revised Statutes 49-551 (air quality fee $1.50 a year; electrically powered vehicles exempt) · checked Oct 20, 2026$1.50
  • Title fee$4.00
  • License plate$5.00
  • Sales taxEnter your combined ratenot available

Total excludes items marked "not available".

What you'll pay later

Renewal at today's rates: $513.50/yr

Year 1 $522.50 · Years 2–5 $513.50/yr · 5-year total $2,576.50 + items not available

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

Estimate only. Rates checked October 20, 2026 · Arizona. Confirm with the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (ADOT MVD).

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