The following bullets are excerpted from Maryland MVA’s April 2026 “Talking Points” newsletter. We hope you find this information useful, and if you have a topic, you’d like us to cover in a future newsletter, please send it to Kristin Orlando-Dillahunt at korlando@mdot.maryland.gov.
Vehicle Services – Tips & Reminders
- Taxable Price Bulletin distributed April 23, 2026, clarifies what additional products can be taxed in a vehicle sale.
- Intrastate private sale e-titling solution went live Monday May 11th. With this solution, a Maryland seller can electronically transfer a vehicle to a Maryland buyer via their myMVA accounts. This is the first step in MVA’s efforts to introduce electronic transfer of vehicles. Later this year, several additional states will implement a similar solution to facilitate transfers between buyers and sellers in different states. If you’d like to learn more about electronic titling, please contact Thomas Stottlemire at tstsottlemire@mdot.maryland.gov.
- MVA has begun redacting the ID field on MD titles and registrations to protect personally identifiable information (PII) and combat fraud. Only the last 4 digits of the ID will be displayed on these documents. This applies to all ID types: Soundex, MD ID, FEIN.
Business Licensing & Compliance Updates & Reminders
- Temp Tag max fee to customer – The maximum fee allowed to be passed onto a customer is $50 for each temp tag. The $5 ERT fee is not allowed to be passed onto the customer.
- Uploading of scanned documents in ERT– when uploading documents for each transaction via ERT, please upload ALL the documents in the same scan. Do not scan each page individually. Please work with your ERT vendor if you need assistance with uploading your images in this format.
Investigations Reminders-
- Dealer Reassignments should only be used by the licensed dealers to whom they are issued. They are NOT to be shared or provided to outside wholesalers. Any reassignments used in a fraud case by anyone other than the licensed dealer they were issued to, will be subject to an investigation.
If you have a topic, you’d like us to cover in a future newsletter, please send it to Kristin Orlando-Dillahunt at korlando@mdot.maryland.gov.
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