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Initial Vehicle Registration: Step 4 - License Plates and Registration

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Written by Matt Copenhaver
Updated over 4 weeks ago

In this step, we register your vehicle's license plates and registration, and arrange to ship them to a location that's convenient for you.

We will register your vehicle within 10 days of receiving your vehicle's properly signed prior title.

Errors on your prior title may result in a delay.

When you open the Step 4 - Plates and Registration section, you will see these elements:

Overview of Step 4 - Plates and Registration

Step 4a: License Plates and Registration

After receiving your vehicle's prior title, the License Plates and Registration status will display an expected completion date.

Registration in progress.

When we complete registration, we will upload images of your Montana license plates and registration document to the visitor.us dashboard, and we’ll send you an email notification.

After your license plates and registration have been uploaded, you will see these items' details, and links to their images, in the License Plates and Registration element:

Registration complete

Step 4b: License Plates and Registration by Mail

When your Montana license plates and registration are ready, you’ll be prompted to provide a destination address that’s convenient for you to receive your items.

We know that you’re probably traveling, so the “To” address that you provide here can be different from the address that you provide for the “From” address that you provided to send your vehicle’s prior title.

Initiate a shipment of your license plates and registration to your desired address when the items are available.

Even if you know your desired delivery address before your plates and registration are available, you must wait until your items are ready to input your address.

Destination Options

Two destination options are available:

  • Mail to address. This can be the address of a friend, family member, dealership, or any other delivery destination that's convenient for you.

  • Pickup at Fedex Location. If you don't have a delivery destination near you when your items are ready, you can choose to have your items delivered to a Fedex service point, where your items will be held for up to 5 business days for pickup.

While the Fedex location search service works well for most of the US and Canada, it may miss some Fedex locations in certain parts of those countries.

If the service is unable to identify a Fedex location in the zip code that you provide, you can enter the address of a Fedex location that holds Express packages for pickup (see below) using the Mail to Address option, and your shipment will be held at that Fedex location for pickup for up to five business days.

Fedex locations that hold Express packages for pickup

You can search for Fedex locations at local.fedex.com.

Make sure that the location that you select lists “Hold Express package for pickup” as a Shipping service.

Find a Fedex location that offer the "Hold Express package for pickup" service

Selecting a location that doesn’t provide the "Hold Express package for pickup" service may result in delays and additional fees.

Shipment timing

We usually ship your items within one to two business days after you submit your desired address.

For destinations inside the US, we ship your items second day, meaning that they are expected to arrive two business days after sending.

You can expect to receive your items about four business days after submitting your desired address (for destinations inside the United States).

International Shipments

International shipments can take three to five business days to reach Europe and Australia, and as long as ten to 14 business days to reach Central and South America.

International shipments are subject an international shipment fee.

Modifying shipments en route

Once a shipment has been sent, changing its destination can be difficult or impossible.

We charge a $100 fee to ATTEMPT to update a shipment’s destination, and we cannot guarantee that our attempt will result in a successful update.

We do not provide refunds for shipment destination modification fees, even if they are unsuccessful.

Please take care when entering your shipping destination.

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