Does It Cost Money To Register A Car

Motor Vehicle Revenue enhancement is assessed on a vehicle at the fourth dimension of initial registration and annually thereafter until the vehicle reaches 14 years of age or more. It is based upon the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) of the vehicle. The MSRP on a vehicle is prepare past the manufacturer and tin can never exist changed. Once the MSRP of the vehicle is established, a Base Tax set in Nebraska motor vehicle statutes is assigned to the specific MSRP range and motor vehicle taxation is and so assessed.

The percentage of the Base Tax applied is reduced as the vehicle ages.

The distribution of funds nerveless for the Motor Vehicle Revenue enhancement are:

After one% is retained past the County Treasurer and i% is distributed to the Vehicle Title and Registration Arrangement Replacement and Maintenance Greenbacks Fund the remaining motor vehicle tax proceeds are allocated every bit follows to each county, local schoolhouse system, school district, city, and village in the taxation commune in which the motor vehicle has situs:

22% is allocated to the county;
60% is allocated to the local school system or school district;
xviii% is allocated to the metropolis or village, except that:
1. if the taxation district is not in a metropolis or village 40% is allocated to the canton and;
2. in counties containing a city of the metropolitan class, 18% is allocated to the county and 22% to the city or hamlet.

§lx-3,186

Motor Vehicle Fee is based upon the value, weight and utilize of the vehicle and is adjusted as the vehicle ages.

After i% is retained by the Canton Treasurer the distribution of funds collected for the Motor Vehicle Fee are:

50% to the Canton Treasurer of each county, amounts in the same proportion as the almost recent allocation received past each county from the Highway Allocation Fund; and
fifty% to the Treasurer of each municipality, amounts in the same proportion as the well-nigh recent allotment received by each municipality from the Highway Allocation Fund. Any money in the fund available for investment is invested by the state investment officeholder pursuant to the NE Capital Expansion Human activity and the NE State Funds Investment Deed. §sixty-three,190(6)(a)

The Registration Fees are assessed:

$fifteen.00 - Registration fee for passenger and leased vehicles. §60-3,143
Registration fee for commercial truck and truck tractors is based upon the gross vehicle weight of the vehicle. §60-3,147
Registration fee for farm plated truck and truck tractors is based upon the gross vehicle weight of the vehicle. §threescore-3,146

Registration fees are distributed to the Highway Trust Fund. §sixty-3,141.

Additional fees collected (and their distribution) for every motor vehicle registration issued are:

.50 - Emergency Medical System Operation Fund - this fee is collected for Health and Man Services. §sixty-3,156
$2.00 - Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund - this fee stays with DMV. §60-three,156
$ane.fifty - State Recreation Route Fund - this fee is nerveless for the Department of Roads. §threescore-3,156
$1.50 - County General Fund - this fee stays with the county official (fee is $4.fifty if non-resident). §60-3,141
$3.30 - Plate Fee per plate assessed whenever new, indistinguishable or replacement plates are issued (remitted to the Highway Trust Fund). §lx-3,102

Culling Fuel Fee:

$75.00 - An culling fuel fee is assessed on all vehicles powered by whatsoever source of free energy not addressed in the motor fuel laws. The fee is assessed at the fourth dimension the vehicle is offset registered and again each time the vehicle'due south registration is renewed and is credited to the Highway Trust Fund. §lx-3,191

NOTE: Some localities collect additional local fees and taxes. Contact your County Treasurer's office for more information.