Motor Vehicle

Payment of an excise tax is required on all vehicles in the town of residence before registration.  Please use the excise tax calculator. Feel free to use our handy excise tax table. IT IS DIFFICULT TO QUOTE EXCISE TAX FIGURES OVER THE TELEPHONE BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT EXCISE TAX.

In order to re-register your vehicle, we need the previous registration, proof of insurance and current mileage.  We can process limited new registrations.  This applies if the vehicle has been purchased from a Maine licensed dealer. Please bring the following:

 1. Sales tax form

  1. Blue copy of title application
  2. Previous registration of vehicle traded or sold which plates are being transferred
  3. Proof of insurance
  4. Current mileage

With NEW vehicles, it is MANDATORY to have the Monroney Label or window sticker.  This became law on September 19, 1997.  If you wish to transfer old plates to a new vehicle, you MUST bring the registration for the car the plates were used on previously in order to process a transfer of plates. 

Trailers

Renewal trailer registrations can be done at the Thomaston Town office; new trailer registrations are done at any Motor Vehicle Bureau.  You have a choice to register at the Town Office if you bring in last year’s registrations.  You have a choice to register for either 1 or 2 years.  The Town office can process new registrations if it is a Maine dealer sale and you have old plates to transfer.

 

ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICE (PROCESSING FEE OF 2.5% OF THE BALANCE IS APPLICABLE VIA PAYPORT, MINIMUM FEE OF $1.00; PROCESSING FEES ARE NOT RETAINED BY TOWN OF THOMASTON.)

Re-register your vehicle or trailer online using  RAPID RENEWAL

A secure, online service provided by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles