Tax Commissioner Motor Vehicle FAQs

To obtain a Disabled Person's Placard, a licensed practitioner or physician must complete section four of the Disabled Person's Parking Affidavit, Form MV-9D, once the form is completed by both you and your physician and notarized.

An owner has seven (7) calendar days from the purchase or transfer date or the date they establish residency in Georgia to title and register their vehicle. If you fail to register during the seven (7) calendar day period, you will be subject to fines if stopped by law enforcement. Click here to see the Georgia Department of Revenue's list of what vehicles do and do not require titles.

Complete and print Form MV-1, a Title Application for the State of Georgia. All owners on the title must sign this application and must have a valid Georgia Driver's License or Georgia Identification Card. Georgia requires Title Ad Valorem Tax of 6.6% (beginning 01/01/2020) to be paid at the time of titling. To authorize an alternate person to sign on your behalf, complete and print Form T-8. Form T-8 must be notarized, and the original form must be submitted. We must have a copy of your driver's license.

Once your vehicle is registered in Georgia each year, your tag renewal notice will normally arrive in the mail well before your vehicle's tag renewal deadline – which is the registered vehicle owner's birthday. For more information about tag renewals in Georgia, click here.

When your vehicle requires a Georgia title, you will be unable to register your vehicle and obtain a Georgia license plate (tag) or to transfer an existing Georgia license plate to the vehicle without a Georgia title already issued in your name or without applying for a title at the time of registration.

• Rabun County residents can renew online at https://mvd.dor.ga.gov/tags/index.aspx. If the address on your Renewal Notice is not correct, then do not renew online. In addition, you must present your driver's license or Georgia ID to renew.
• By mail, by making a check payable to Rabun County Tax Commissioner. Payments may be mailed to:
  • Office of the Tax Commissioner
    
    19 Jo Dotson Circle, Suite 101
    
    Clayton, GA 30525
• In-person, by visiting our office at the address above. When paying in person, payment methods include MasterCard, Visa, and Discover. We also accept money orders, traveler's checks, cash, and checks with a preprinted name and Georgia address. No starter or counter checks are accepted.

Click here to see the plate samples available through the Georgia Department of Revenue. You can fill out an application for a special interest license plate here.