The following bullets are excerpted from Maryland MVA’s December 2024 “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.
- Please submit letters of correction and transmittal sheets through the portal. They are an important part of the transaction documentation and help avoid rejections.
- A customer who is a 100% disabled veteran does not pay registration fees if the vehicle is registered in their name. If a customer who is a 100% disabled veteran buys a vehicle for another person and the vehicle is registered in the other person’s name, all registration fees must be paid. The exemption for registration fees only applies if the vehicle is in the name of the customer who is a 100% disabled veteran.
- Excise taxes must be paid for this vehicle. There is no excise tax exemption for a customer who is a 100% disabled veteran.
- We encourage you to issue metal plates at time of sale whenever possible.
- The use of temporary tags should be limited to case-by-case scenarios when there is a technical issue or there is something in the customer’s record that prevents you from issuing metal plates. Issuing paper temporary tags should be the exception, not a standard practice.
- If you need to contact Dealer Services at Glen Burnie (Headquarters), please send an email to mddtts@mdot.maryland.gov email box. We (MVA) monitor this inbox continuously and respond within 48 hours.
In November and December, we (MVA) issued several bulletins. They cover validating inventory in ERT systems, the new annual surcharge for certain electric vehicles and payment schedule for fees, discontinuing the automatic printing of a duplicate title when a lien is released, and instructions for 8GH series plate inventory
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