Motor Vehicle

DMV Clearance

Cash or money order if immediate DMV Clearance is needed.

Online payments made through www.coventryct.org will take 5-7 business days to clear after we receive and process the payment.

Payments made with a check will take 5-7 business days for DMV clearance.

Please call us at 860-742-4066 to ensure timely release at DMV.

Immediate DMV Clearance is a convenience and the tax office usually is able to provide this service. THERE MAY OCCASIONALLY BE TIMES THIS SERVICE IS UNAVAILABLE. 

When moving you must notify DMV within 48 hours of your new address, you must change the address on your driver’s license as well as on your registration. This is not an automatic operation at DMV. DMV does not notify the towns of your change of address. If you move within Coventry you should notify the Tax Collector to ensure subsequent bills will be mailed to your correct address. Which town bills you is determined by what address DMV has on file as of October 1 of each year. All motor bills are calculated based on the information received by the Assessor from the DMV and are mailed the following June for payment in July. If you did not move to Coventry until after October1, you should receive a bill from the town where you lived the previous October 1.

Regular Motor Vehicle List

All motor vehicles registered on or before October 1st result in an assessment and tax bill the following July.

Assessment is for ownership from October 1 through September 30 of the following year.

If a marker plate is transferred to a new vehicle no pro ration is given. Full credit of the old vehicle will be given on the new vehicle on the supplemental bill in the following January. Please see supplemental motor vehicle list for further details.

No longer own a vehicle? Assessment may be prorated with proper documentation, which must include: a plate receipt from the Department of Motor Vehicles; this link will take you to the online cancelation of your Connecticut Registration You will also need proof of disposition of the vehicle (i.e. copy of the bill of sale, transfer of title, receipt from junkyard, letter of donation, letter from insurance company showing vehicle a total loss, or a copy of trade-in papers from dealership). Remember, there is a statute of limitations to claim this tax credit. Contact the Assessor's Office  at (860)742-4067 for more details.

Vehicles registered out of state may be prorated by sending a copy of the out-of-state registration clearly showing date of registration and identification of vehicle, along with a copy of an out of state drivers license and the plate cancelation receipt from the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles. 

Supplemental Motor Vehicle List

If a marker plate was transferred to a new vehicle from an old vehicle, credit will be given on the new vehicle and further adjusted by the number of months of ownership.

Supplemental bill is an assessment for the portion of the year that the vehicle is owned.

Supplemental motor vehicle list includes vehicles registered between October 2 through July 31st.