Sometimes, you just want to let the good times roll.
If you want to keep your vehicle for more than a year, in most cases you’ll need to renew its registration.
This article walks you through the process of renewing your vehicle’s registration.
visitor.us will send you a reminder email 60 (and, if necessary, 30 days) before your current registration expires.
Order your vehicle registration renewal
Within the Vehicles tab of autos.visitor.us, click the View button next to your vehicle:
You will be brought to your vehicle's details screen. Click the Renew button to renew your vehicle's registration:
After placing your registration renewal order, the State of Montana will send a new registration document and decal to our office by post.
Registration renewals will be available within 10 days of your order.
Potential additional fees
New vehicle
If the model year of your vehicle is four years or newer, an additional fee of $295 will be applied to your registration renewal order.
High value vehicle
If the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of your non-motorhome type vehicle is $150,000 or more, or if the MSRP of your motorhome type vehicle is $350,000, then a fee of 1% of the vehicle's value will apply to your registration order. visitor.us will email you an invoice for this amount after you place your registration renewal order.
Electric vehicle
If the fuel type of your vehicle is electric, an additional fee of $295 will be applied to your registration renewal order.
Hybrid vehicle
If the fuel type of your vehicle is hybrid, an additional fee of $195 will be applied to your registration renewal order.
Permanent registration upgrade (optional for vehicles 11 years or older)
If your vehicle is 11 years old or older, you will see the option to upgrade to Permanent Registration for an additional fee of $490.
Permanent Registrations never need to be renewed.
visitor.us receives your registration renewal and decal
visitor.us will obtain your renewal registration document and decal within 10 days of your order.
We will scan and upload an image of the registration document and decal to the visitor.us dashboard, which will look like this:
Registration renewal by mail
When we scan and upload your registration renewal to the visitor.us dashboard, you'll receive an email notification prompting you to provide a shipping address for your items.
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.
visitor.us is not responsible for delayed, undeliverable, or lost shipments
Many factors outside of visitor.us' control may cause a shipment to be delayed, lost, or undeliverable.
Factors include invalid address entry by you, and operational and weather-related delays experienced by the shipper.
Once we send a shipment, you are responsible for collecting it and, if necessary, you are responsible for contacting the shipper to arrange final delivery.
Customers whose shipments are returned to visitor.us will be charged a $100 fee for shipment reprocessing.
Replacing your old registration document and decal
When you receive your registration renewal document and decal, both items should replace the old item.
Keep your vehicle’s new registration document in your vehicle’s glove box. You can throw your old registration document away.
Place the new decal on your vehicle’s rear license plate, over the old decal, so that only the new decal is visible (it’s ok if a little bit of the old decal is showing).
Registration period
Your vehicle's registration period is not impacted by the timing of your registration renewal.
For example, if your vehicle was initially registered in January, its registration will always expire on January 31, even if you order registration renewal in July.