{"id":4022,"date":"2017-01-04T14:13:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T19:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2019-03-27T07:11:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T13:11:49","slug":"moving-to-portland-maine-how-when-to-register-a-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/moving-to-portland-maine-how-when-to-register-a-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving or Relocating to Portland Maine: How to Register a Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re moving or relocating to Portland Maine, you&#8217;ll be eager to take care of business once you&#8217;ve settled in. Well, maybe not. But, you&#8217;ll feel better after you do it. You&#8217;ll need to&nbsp;get a Maine driver&#8217;s license and register your car in Maine within 30 days. Here are the steps.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Register A Vehicle In Maine and Get Your Maine Drivers License\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wRuJ_GOzCco?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Step One: Get Maine Car Insurance<\/h2>\n<p>Maine requires every vehicle owner to have insurance. This, and our mostly rural character, makes cheap auto insurance a way of life. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/maines-low-car-insurance-rates-lead-the-nation\/\">Maine has the lowest average car insurance costs in the U.S.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shopping for car insurance isn&#8217;t&nbsp;as bad as you think. Nobody does it for fun, but it will go faster if you have your old policy information handy.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for Maine auto insurance and live in Southern Maine, we can help. As an independent agency, we offer a choice of many insurance companies at once. You can get up to <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.consumerratequotes.com\/consumer\/QuoteStart.aspx?id=41202&amp;StartPage=Default\">6 Maine auto insurance quotes online in 10 minutes<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/contact-us\/\">call a Noyes Hall &amp; Allen agent<\/a> to get your quotes.<\/p>\n<h2>Step Two: Visit City or Town Hall<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4024\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/plate-pc.gif\" alt=\"(maine.gov photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(maine.gov photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Take your insurance card and your out-of-state title and registration to your local municipal office. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note your vehicle mileage. You&#8217;re going to need that to register<\/span>. They&#8217;ll collect excise tax, a type of vehicle property tax. Excise tax is based upon the age and &#8220;cost new&#8221; of your vehicle. If you call ahead, your city or town can tell you how much your excise tax will be.<\/p>\n<p>Most Maine cities and towns including Portland, Falmouth, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and Westbrook provide standard Maine license plates. If you want vanity plates, order them from Maine BMV.<\/p>\n<h2>Step Three: Get Your Maine Drivers License<\/h2>\n<p>Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues drivers licenses. As long as your out-of-state license is valid and your name hasn&#8217;t changed, it&#8217;s easy to convert it to a Maine license. You&#8217;ll need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide proof of residency (your auto registration should suffice)<\/li>\n<li>Take an eye test<\/li>\n<li>Turn in you old license (sorry, we know that picture was your favorite)<\/li>\n<li>Pay a fee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Greater Portland area Bureau of Motor Vehicle Branch Locations:<\/h3>\n<p>Maine BMV Portland: 125 Presumpscot St. 04103 &nbsp;207-822-6400<\/p>\n<p>Maine BMV Scarborough: 200 Expedition Drive, Suite G 04074 &nbsp;207-883-2596<\/p>\n<h2>Do I Have to Get a Maine Inspection Sticker?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, but maybe not right away. If you have a current inspection from another state, you&#8217;re not required to get a Maine State auto inspection until that expires. A lot of people do it at the same time as registration to make it easier to remember to renew both. Maine registration and inspection each last for a year.<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t Forget to Insure Your &#8220;Stuff&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/portland-maine-renters-insurance-101\/\">Portland Maine landlords require proof of renters insurance<\/a>. Even if they don&#8217;t it&#8217;s a good idea to protect your belongings from fire, theft and other disasters. We can quote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/personal-insurance-landing\/renters-insurance\/\">Portland Maine renters insurance<\/a> in 10 minutes or less. When it comes time to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/buying-your-first-home-in-maine-tips-from-5-real-estate-pros\/\">buy a home in Maine<\/a>, or if you have questions about Maine insurance, we&#8217;re here to help. We offer a choice of several preferred insurance companies. 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Well, maybe not. But, you&#8217;ll feel better after you do it. You&#8217;ll need to&nbsp;get a Maine driver&#8217;s license and register your car in Maine within 30 days. Here are the steps. 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