DC DMV Delays Fee Increases

DC DMV Delays Fee Increases

For Dealers Until April 1

Itês no April Foolês joke. As WANADA informed all dealer members in a March 4, 2003 Special Bulletin, the DC DMV will defer announced fee increases for dealers processing vehicle sales for customers until April 1, 2003. The delay was in direct response to input by WANADA that dealers require time to gear up for the fee changes, which were announced just prior to their original effective date of March 6, 2003.

The increased fees are hefty, approximately 30 percent, and are the result of across-the-board fee increases in the city government at large, pursuant to the 2003 DC Budget Support Emergency Act.

Note that the fee increases do not affect the DC vehicle excise tax which remains at the same level. The March 6 effective date for the fees affects only citizen consumers and motorists for things like driverês licenses and non-dealer transactions.

A schedule of the fees, current and upcoming, is enclosed with this WANADA Bulletin. WANADA dealer members with systems to change should inform their staff and contractors without delay to be ready to go April 1. WANADA is working with the DMV to ensure a smooth transition on the fee changes.

For more information visit the DMVês Web site, www.dmv.washingtondc.gov/main.shtm, or call Gerry Murphy, Tom Mann or Nick Champeau at WANADA (202) 237-7200.