Late Fees Suspended for Tags

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration has suspended through April 16, 2020 the penalty for the late registration of a motor vehicle or the late renewal of a registration of a motor vehicle. This applies to MARCH tags.

Pursuant to the authority under Governor Asa Hutchinson’s March 17, 2020 Executive Order 20-06, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration has identified provisions of regulatory statutes that allows them to take the action to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

The identified statutes are suspended for a period of thirty days from the date of EO 20-06, which is April 16, 2020.
That includes the Penalty for Late Registration of Motor Vehicles which is $3.00 for each ten days a person fails to properly register a motor vehicle until the penalty reaches the same amount as the annual license fee of the vehicle, which may range from $17.00 to $30.00.

This notice also does not suspend any statute, rule, or law requiring payment of sales or use tax (including any assessed penalty or interest on tax owed) on a vehicle purchase or payment of any registration or other fee.

New motor vehicle registrations and renewals of registrations may be completed online at https://mydmv.arkansas.gov/. Renewal of registration is also available by phone by contacting DFA at 1-800-941-2580.