Your vehicle

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Not needed for renewals, family transfers, gifts or new residents.
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At a dealer, tax is charged on the price less your trade-in. In a private trade, the value of a vehicle you trade to the seller is deducted.
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The county and city rate. You pay the higher of the rate where you bought the car and the rate where you live. Leave blank if you don't know it yet.
Passenger cars pay by weight; hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric cars pay their own flat fee.
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Paid to the county with your registration. Look up the amount for your car with the Department of Revenue's vehicle property tax lookup. Leave blank and it shows as not available.
Estimated total
$1,999.00

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

  • Registration (1 yr)4,500 lbs or lessKansas Statutes K.S.A. 8-143 · checked Oct 17, 2026$30.00
  • Service fee2026 Session Laws of Kansas, Chapter 85 (SB 325), amending K.S.A. 8-145: $5 service fee on every registration and renewal; county registration transaction fee up to $5 (several offices) or $2.50 (one office) · checked Oct 17, 2026$5.00
  • Modernization surchargeKansas Statutes K.S.A. 75-5160 · checked Oct 17, 2026$4.00
  • County transaction feeUp to $5 ($2.50 in one-office counties), if charged2026 Session Laws of Kansas, Chapter 85 (SB 325), amending K.S.A. 8-145: $5 service fee on every registration and renewal; county registration transaction fee up to $5 (several offices) or $2.50 (one office) · checked Oct 17, 2026not available
  • Title feeKansas DOR · checked Oct 17, 2026$10.00
  • State sales tax6.5% of price$1,950.00
  • Local sales taxEnter your local ratenot available
  • Vehicle property taxLook up your amountnot available

Total excludes items marked "not available".

What you'll pay later

Renewal at today's rates: $39.00/yr + items not available

Year 1 $1,999.00 · Years 2–5 $39.00/yr · 5-year total $2,155.00 + items not available

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

Estimate only. Rates checked October 17, 2026 · Kansas. Confirm with the Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles (through your county treasurer).

Kansas fees, sources and notes on VehicleFeeCalculator