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Vehicle Registrations Transactions Types

New Registrations

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This transaction is used to issue a license plate when a vehicle is not registered in Indiana. An Indiana resident who purchases a vehicle from another Indiana resident will demand a "new" registration transaction from the title. Indiana residents must register all newly acquired, unregistered vehicles within 45 days after the appointment on which the vehicle was purchased or acquired, and all vehicles owned past the person within threescore days after becoming a new resident. If irresolute your legal accost during the transaction, you must provide two proofs of address.

The vehicle must commencement be titled. Visit our Vehicle Transaction Guide to learn more.

A new motor vehicle registration may be completed:

Online at myBMV.com
At any FSP/PSP locations
At any BMV branch
At BMV Connect Kiosks.

Renew a Registration

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Registrations must be renewed on or before the registration'southward scheduled expiration date in club to avoid a $fifteen administrative penalization. If changing your legal address during the transaction, you must provide two proofs of address.

Renewals may be completed:

Online at myBMV.com (except for heavy weighted vehicles over 26,000 lbs. and whatsoever other vehicles that require additional forms upon renewal). You can manage your renewal notices online as well.
Over the phone by calling 888-692-6841 (except for heavy weighted vehicles over 26,000lbs., all special grouping recognition plates, and whatsoever other vehicles that require additional forms upon renewal). You lot will need to provide the post-obit over the phone:
1. Your phone access code, which are listed on your myBMV account or on your renewal notice.
2. Nothing code for each vehicle listed
By mailing your renewal notices along with payment to the address provided on the renewal observe.
At any FSP/PSP location.
At whatsoever BMV branch.
At BMV Connect Kiosks.

If y'all believe your vehicle license plate was stolen, y'all may study it equally stolen to constabulary enforcement. When reporting a plate equally stolen to the BMV, you must have law enforcement complete the Written report of Stolen License Plate or Registration Decal – Country Course 37135 and present the course to a BMV co-operative at the time of application for a replacement license plate.

If you practice not know if the plate has been lost or stolen, y'all may decide if you would like to report it as stolen to law enforcement. The plate is not required to exist reported as stolen. When a license plate number has been flagged as stolen, a replacement license plate number (new plate number) must be issued. A duplicate license plate number (same plate number) cannot be re-issued. When a plate number has been flagged as stolen, it will be ineligible for re-issuance for 5 years from the engagement that the stolen status was applied to the plate number by the BMV.

Amend a Registration

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This transaction is used to update information that has changed or is incorrect due to various reasons. If changing your legal address during the transaction , y'all must provide two proofs of address.

All of the following scenarios listed will require you lot to visit a co-operative:

BMV fault.
Body modify: used when the vehicle's body style has inverse (ex. Coach to Recreational Vehicle (RV)).
County change: two proofs of address are needed for this amendment.
Changing from a non-farm plate to a farm plate or vice versa.
Expiration change, which may occur for two unlike reasons:
- Your concluding proper name may have changed due to a union, divorce, or court club. You are required to present documentation if the name has not already been changed on the Indiana driver's license, or
- The Registration License Blazon may have changed (ex. Church bus to Special Purpose Bus. Church Coach plates elapse on 2/28, whereas the Special Purpose Bus expires of 9/28).
Other corrections:
- Adding or removing owners from a registration (must first be added/removed from the championship).
- Changing a proper noun on a registration (marriage, divorce, or courtroom society) that does not change the registration's expiration. You must present proper documentation proving the name alter.
- Irresolute the address on a certificate of registration that does not involve a canton change. Two proofs of address are required to improve your legal accost.
Plate blazon change:
- Changing from one plate blueprint to another (Ex: plate change from an "In God We Trust" plate to a passenger plate).
- Re-weight up or down (Ex: Changing from a light truck eleven,000 to a heavy truck 26,000).
Report Plate as Stolen:
- If y'all believe your vehicle license plate was stolen, you lot may report it as stolen to law enforcement. When reporting a plate as stolen to the BMV, you must have law enforcement complete the Written report of Stolen License Plate or Registration Decal – Country Form 37135 and nowadays the form to a BMV co-operative at the fourth dimension of application for a replacement license plate.
- If you do not know if the plate has been lost or stolen, yous may make up one's mind if yous would like to written report it equally stolen to police force enforcement. The plate is not required to exist reported as stolen. When a license plate number has been flagged as stolen, a replacement license plate number (new plate number) must be issued. A duplicate license plate number (same plate number) cannot exist re-issued. When a plate number has been flagged as stolen, it volition be ineligible for re-issuance for five years from the engagement that the stolen status was applied to the plate number by the BMV.
Theft Recovery: used when registration amendment is needed after a vehicle has been recovered subsequently a theft.

Transfer a License Plate

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If you are completing any of the above transactions (new, renew, or better a registration), you may also transfer a license plate from a vehicle that you own or have sold/disposed of to a different vehicle that you own or have newly caused/purchased. Only the post-obit license plates may be transferred online at mybmv.com: Passenger, Truck (11,000 pounds or less), Motorbike, and In God We Trust, but please be advised that there may be specific scenarios where y'all cannot transfer online and must visit a branch to transfer your plate.

Duplicate and Replacement Registration

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A indistinguishable registration is needed when you require a new license plate, sticker, or registration document due to being lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

If the license plate was mailed by the BMV and you never received it, please call the Contact Eye at 888-692-6841 or visit your local BMV branch.

Duplicate License Plate:
- Y'all must visit a co-operative to obtain a indistinguishable plate. You will receive the aforementioned plate number and same plate type if a replacement/duplicate plate is needed.
Replacement License Plate:
- You must visit a branch to obtain a replacement plate. Yous volition receive the same plate type, but a new plate number.
- If you believe your vehicle license plate was stolen, you may report information technology equally stolen to law enforcement. When reporting a plate equally stolen to the BMV, yous must have law enforcement complete the Study of Stolen License Plate or Registration Decal – Country Form 37135 and present the form to a BMV branch at the time of awarding for a replacement license plate.
- If you do not know if the plate has been lost or stolen, you may decide if you would like to study it as stolen to law enforcement. The plate is not required to exist reported as stolen. When a license plate number has been flagged equally stolen, a replacement license plate number (new plate number) must be issued. A indistinguishable license plate number (same plate number) cannot be re-issued. When a plate number has been flagged as stolen, it will exist ineligible for re-issuance for 5 years from the engagement that the stolen status was applied to the plate number past the BMV.

Duplicate – Motor Vehicle Registration Document: used when you require a duplicate registration document due to damage or loss.
- Y'all may print a duplicate registration through myBMV.com at no cost. State Course 37135 - Application for Replacement or Duplicate License Plate is not required to exist submitted for a duplicate motor vehicle registration.
Replacement – Sticker: used if you asking replacement license plate stickers because you lot take not received your certificate of registration with stickers in the mail or the stickers on your license plate are damaged or lost.
- Y'all will be mailed a new certificate of registration, an expiration year sticker, and any other stickers (i.e., month/solar day, county, or weight/bus tagline) that were fulfilled with the last registration transaction.
- If you demand a new month/twenty-four hours, county or weight/bus tagline sticker, please visit a branch.
- Effective 5/four/2018, replacement expiration yr stickers can be purchased at a BMV Connect kiosk.