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Utah registration fee calculator
Utah combines inflation-adjusted registration fees, an age-based uniform assessment and smaller statewide or county components. The printed statutory base can differ from the amount actually assessed in 2026. Electric owners also need to distinguish the flat fee from mileage-based RUC enrollment.
Primary schedules and applicable 2026 rules checked October 1, 2026.
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Use the adjusted fee and model-year band
The legislature’s September 2026 research summary reports a $58.25 adjusted passenger registration amount, plus the separate $7.50 adjusted fee created by HB301. This tool also itemizes $2.50 driver education, $1 uninsured-motorist identification and the $3 electronic-payment program fee.
The $3 program fee applies regardless of how you pay under the current 41-1a-1221 rule. Its name does not mean an ordinary cash transaction automatically avoids it. The statewide supported components above total $72.25 before the uniform assessment, county or fuel amounts.
The 2026 uniform age-based assessment is $150 for model years 2024–2026, $110 for 2021–2023, $80 for 2018–2020, $50 for 2015–2017 and $10 for 2014 or older ordinary registrations. It is a fee in lieu of property tax, rather than a percentage of today’s purchase price.
Classic/vintage registration changed in 2026 and has different eligibility and renewal treatment. A vehicle’s old model year alone is not permission to use the ordinary passenger example for a special registration class.
County charges and electric treatment
DMV lists a $10 corridor-preservation charge in Box Elder, Davis, Iron, Morgan, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch, Washington and Weber counties. The air-pollution-control component is separate: $3 in Cache, Davis and Salt Lake, or $2 in Utah and Weber.
Electric-powered vehicles are excepted from the APC fee. That exception does not remove the corridor fee. Inspection-station prices also remain separate from the small county APC component.
For a 2018-model ordinary gas car in Salt Lake County, the supported annual subtotal is $72.25 statewide components + $80 age assessment + $10 corridor + $3 APC = $165.25. For a fully electric car in the same age group with the flat road fee, it is $72.25 + $80 + $10 + $180 = $342.25.
The 2026 adjusted alternative-fuel additions are $25 for a hybrid and $64 for a plug-in hybrid. A fully electric vehicle choosing the flat annual amount pays $180. If you confirm RUC enrollment instead, the tool omits the flat electric line and flags actual mileage charges as unresolved; it does not imply that road use is free.
Official fee references
- 2026 legislative registration-fee research: adjusted amounts and separate fee components.
- DMV 2026 age assessment: current model-year bands.
- Utah DMV taxes and fees: county charges, APC electric exception and RUC choice.
- Utah Code 41-1a-1221: electronic-payment program charge regardless of payment method.
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Updated · Published by DMV Fee Calculator Editorial Team.