Cost to Register a Car After Moving to Maine
Moving to Mainemeans re-titling and re-registering your vehicle as a new resident. Here's what that actually costs, computed from the state's current fee schedule.
One-time costs when you arrive
- Title fee$33.00
- One-time total$33.00
Your ongoing annual cost
For a typical three-year-old gas vehicle, expect about $385.00 per year. Maine's $35 registration fee is the small part of the bill. The dominant cost is the municipal excise tax, computed on your vehicle's original MSRP: 24 mills ($24 per $1,000) in year one, then 17.5, 13.5, 10, and 6.5, bottoming out at 4 mills from year six on. A new $40,000 vehicle owes $960 in excise the first year — but only $160 a year once it's six years old. Maine has no EV or hybrid surcharge; the fees proposed in 2025 were never enacted.
Estimate your exact Maine cost
Your vehicle
- Municipal excise tax10.0 mills on original MSRP (year 4 rate)$350.00
- State registration fee$35.00
- Title fee$33.00
Estimate only — actual fees are set by your state and county at the time of registration. Data last reviewed 2026-07-16.
All figures computed from official fee schedules — sources: https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/vehicles/registration-fees · https://www.maine.gov/revenue/taxes/property-tax/excise-tax — last reviewed 2026-07-16.