2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 23 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 21 - Title to Motor Vehicles › § 2002. Fees

§ 2002. Fees
[Subsection (a) effective until January 1, 2024; see also subsection (a) effective January 1, 2024 set out below.]
(a) The Commissioner shall be paid the following fees:
(1) for any certificate of title, including a salvage certificate of title, or an exempt vehicle title, $35.00;
(2) for each security interest noted upon a certificate of title, including a salvage certificate of title, $11.00;
(3) for a certificate of title after a transfer, $35.00;
(4) for each assignment of a security interest noted upon a certificate of title, $11.00;
(5) for a duplicate certificate of title, including a salvage certificate of title, $35.00;
(6) for an ordinary certificate of title issued upon surrender of a distinctive certificate, $35.00;
(7) for filing a notice of security interest, $11.00;
(8) for a certificate of search of the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, for each motor vehicle searched against, $22.00;
(9) for filing an assignment of a security interest, $11.00;
(10) for a certificate of title after a security interest has been released, $35.00;
(11) for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle acquired by a veteran with financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and exempt from registration fees pursuant to section 378 of this title, no fee;
(12) for a corrected certificate of title, $35.00.
[Subsection (a) effective January 1, 2024; see also subsection (a) effective until January 1, 2024 set out above.]
(a) The Commissioner shall be paid the following fees:
(1) for any certificate of title, including a salvage certificate of title, or an exempt vehicle title, $42.00;
(2) for each security interest noted upon a certificate of title, including a salvage certificate of title, $14.00;
(3) for a certificate of title after a transfer, $42.00;
(4) for each assignment of a security interest noted upon a certificate of title, $14.00;
(5) for a duplicate certificate of title, including a salvage certificate of title, $42.00;
(6) for an ordinary certificate of title issued upon surrender of a distinctive certificate, $42.00;
(7) for filing a notice of security interest, $14.00;
(8) for a certificate of search of the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, for each motor vehicle searched against, $27.00;
(9) for filing an assignment of a security interest, $14.00;
(10) for a certificate of title after a security interest has been released, $42.00;
(11) for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle acquired by a veteran with financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and exempt from registration fees pursuant to section 378 of this title, no fee;
(12) for a corrected certificate of title, $42.00.
(b) If an application, certificate of title, or other document required to be mailed or delivered to the Commissioner under any provision of this chapter is not delivered to the Commissioner within 10 days from the time it is required to be mailed or delivered, the Commissioner shall collect, as a penalty, an amount equal to the fee required for the transaction. (Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; amended 1979, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, Pt. III, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; 1983, No. 60, § 6; 1983, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1985, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 112, § 1; 1989, No. 51, § 45; 1995, No. 47, § 13, eff. April 20, 1995; 2001, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 15, 2002; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 2009, No. 50, § 53; 2011, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 2015, No. 50, § 33a, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; 2015, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 44; 2017, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2023, No. 78, § G.137, eff. January 1, 2024.)