1. Chapter 9
Vehicle Information

2. Activity Search for the following on your cell phones
1. How often do you need to get your vehicle registered?
2. How often do you need to get your vehicle inspected?
3. What documents do you need to bring to vehicle inspection?

3. Answers 1. Every year 2. New cars – 5 years, used cars -2 years
3. Valid Drivers License
Valid Registration Document
State of New Jersey Insurance Identification Card

4. OBJ: Identify vehicle title, registration, and inspection
DO NOW
What is a title?

5. Answer: Proof of ownership

6. New Jersey Motorists
Must: Title, register, and insure vehicle before legally driving on roads.
Title?-Proof of ownership
Must: Always have registration available.
New State Residents: required to title & register each vehicle within 60 days of moving into NJ or 60 days before of out of state document expire.

7. How to Title a New Vehicle
Obtain – Dealership or manufacturer’s certificate of origin ( check for sales tax satisfied’ stamp on back)
Take to MVC
Pay fee - $20

8. How to Title a Used Vehicle
Complete Reverse Side of title —
*Buyer’s name
*Address
*Signature
*Date of sale
*Odometer reading
*Sales Price
Complete sales tax section (taxes 7% on purchase price)
Ownership application
How to title

9. Title – Used Vehicle Continued
Present –
signed title
sales tax form
sales tax fee
proof of sales tax payment
Pay Title Fee
Avoid $25 penalty by transferring title within 10 business days of sale
Transfering vehicle ownership

10. NJ title

11. How to Complete an Initial Registration
At MVC –
- complete application (include – insurance company & personal policy number)
Out-of-State – secure original title (lien holder/bank or leasing company)
Proof of ownership -
*New car – manufacturer’s cert. of origin & dealer’s cert. of sale
*Used car – title signed by previous owner
*Leased car – secure power of attorney (legal document that gives someone you choose the power to act in your place) from leasing company
Show proof of all sales tax!!!
Registration

12. Cert of origin - Cert of sale

13. Registration Renewal -MVC mails it 2 months in advance
-Go to any Motor Vehicle Agency
-Mail it back in
-Complete it online
Registration renewal

14. General Registration Info.
17 years old
$173 fine for driving without a current registration
Must be renewed every year.

15. Registration card

16. License Plate Facts Report lost or stolen to police
Get copy of complaint
24 hours to replace at MVC
Out-of-Use – return to MVC or inspection station (get and keep receipt)
$500 fine, 60 days imprisonment & driver suspension of up to 6 months if forged/counterfeit plates are used.
License Plates

17. Vehicle Inspection >Out of State – 14 days after registration
New Vehicles
-the inspection is good for 5 years.
- Therefore, after the initial 5 years are up every 2 years the vehicle will need to be inspected.
Used vehicles
- every 2 years
>Out of State – 14 days after registration
Expired Sticker or No Sticker *$100 - $200 fine
*Up to 30 days imprisonment
*Possible revoked registration privileges

18. Inspection Information
*Bring – License, registration, & insurance
If Pass – Receive inspection sticker
If Fail – End of next month for repairs
Extension stickers – place above sticker on inside window
About NJ inspections
preparing for inspection

19. How to read inspection sticker

20. Summarizer
If a license plate is lost or stolen what should you do?

21. Answer
Report to the police

22. OBJ: Identify license plate information
OBJ: Identify vehicle title, registration, inspection, and license plate information
-Do now: How long is inspection good for on a new car? Used car?
-License plate activity

23. Do Now
How long is inspection good for on a new car? Used car?

24. Answer
New – 5 years
Used – 2 years

25. Activity! Create your own personalize license plate
Criteria for Success
New Jersey license plate
GDL decal
Customized word
Customized picture
At least three letters and a maximum of seven characters in combination of letters and numbers
Colorful
Organized & neat
Border

26. Examples

27. Summarizer
How often must you register your vehicle?

28. Answer
Every year