Connecticut car registration fee calculator (embed)

Your vehicle

Your situation

Purchase price

Not needed for family transfers, gifts or new residents.

Trade-in allowance

Dealers give full trade-in credit before tax.

NADA average trade-in value (optional)

Private sales are taxed on this value or the price, whichever is higher.

Registered in your name in your old state

Sales tax rate you paid in your old state

Connecticut credits tax you paid elsewhere (with the invoice and tax receipt). Leave blank if you paid none.

Vehicle

Fuel type

Recording a car loan (lien)

Estimated total

$2,159.00

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

Registration (3 yrs)CT DMV · checked Oct 16, 2026$120.00
License plate$5.00
Title fee$25.00
Administrative fee$10.00
Clean Air Act feeCT DMV · checked Oct 16, 2026$15.00
Passport to the Parks feeCT Office of Legislative Research · checked Oct 17, 2026$24.00
Emissions exemption feeFour years old or newerCT DMV · checked Oct 16, 2026$40.00
Greenhouse gas feeCertificate of originCT DMV · checked Oct 16, 2026$15.00
Sales tax6.35% of priceCT DMV · checked Oct 16, 2026$1,905.00

What you'll pay later

Renewal: not available in this calculator.

Estimate only. Rates checked October 16, 2026 · Connecticut. Confirm with the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).