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NDDOT’s 2026 passenger schedule sorts cars by the year they were first registered; the model year printed on the title is a different number and does not set the group. Pair that registration-year group with the NDDOT weight band to find the full annual base, then add the applicable electric or plug-in road-use charge.
Primary schedules and applicable 2026 rules checked October 1, 2026.
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First registration is not model year
The official MVD-2 schedule expressly distinguishes year first registered from year model. In the 2026 table, the groups are 2021 or newer; 2018–2020; 2015–2017; and 2014 or earlier. The year you personally bought a used vehicle is not necessarily its first registration year either.
For a vehicle in the 3,200–4,499-pound band, those four groups produce full annual base amounts of $93, $81, $69 and $57 respectively. At 4,500–4,999 pounds the corresponding amounts are $111, $94, $79 and $63.
Confirm the first-registration history on the vehicle record if it differs from model year or the vehicle arrived from another state. The calculator asks for the group directly rather than silently deriving it from a model-year field.
Weight steps and road use
The first weight boundary is 3,199 versus 3,200 pounds; the next is 4,499 versus 4,500. Later bands run in thousand-pound steps from 5,000 to 9,000 and over. Use the passenger weight category assigned by NDDOT, not a truck’s separate gross-weight schedule.
For a passenger vehicle first registered in 2021 or later and weighing 4,500–4,999 pounds, the annual base is $111. The 2026 schedule adds $120 for fully electric propulsion or $50 for a plug-in hybrid. Supported totals are therefore $231 for electric and $161 for plug-in hybrid before other transaction charges.
A conventional non-plug-in hybrid does not receive the schedule’s plug-in charge. For example, an ordinary-fuel passenger vehicle first registered in 2014 or earlier and in the 5,000–5,999-pound band has a $76 annual base.
The published PDF also contains one- through eleven-month columns with rounded amounts. Do not estimate those columns by multiplying this annual result by a fraction, and do not assume the annual fuel charge follows an invented proration. Special plates, payment or mailing costs and title transactions require their own review.
Official fee references
- NDDOT 2026 MVD-2 passenger schedule: four first-registration groups, weight rows, annual and monthly columns, road-use additions.
- NDDOT Motor Vehicle: current registration resources and official fee calculator.
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