FACT SHEET
Seasonal Registration Requirements
Purpose
This fact sheet explains Seasonal Registration. Seasonal Registration offers flexibility to vehicle owners by
providing for seasonal operation of a motor vehicle in Pennsylvania. It enables our customers to drop
vehicle insurance for part of each year without having to return the registration plate to PennDOT.
Requirements
Seasonal Registration permits the vehicle owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle, motorcycle,
motor
home, truck or farm vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 14,000
pounds, to
register for less than a full year.
NOTE
: Antique, Classic and Collectible vehicles do
not qualify for
Seasonal Registration.
The customer will choose the desired expiration month. Initially, the registration fee will be
prorated.
From that point forward, the customer will pay full annual registration fees regardless of the
number
of months actually registered.
The customer will receive a registration renewal sticker that will expire on the last day of the
expiration month chosen. Future registration renewal applications sent to customers will contain
a special
note which indicates that the owner can choose when to send the renewal application and
monies to
PennDOT for processing.
The customer must reinstate the vehicle insurance prior to submitting the renewal to PennDOT.
NOTE: The customer may choose to back-date their expiration month. (This transaction will not produce
a registration card if it is a month that has already passed. No refund on lost months will be given.) See
Application Process
Complete Form MV-140SV, “Application for Seasonal Vehicle Registration Renewal,”
and return to the
address listed on the form along with the appropriate fees. (Form MV-140SV is available on our
website at www.dmv.state.pa.us
.)
Make check or money order payable to: “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
DO NOT SEND CASH.
September 2014 - over -
September 20, 2014
January, 2015
March 31, 2015
April 1, 2015
March 31, 2016
EXAMPLE OF SEASONAL REGISTRATION TIMELINE
Scenario: Customer stores their vehicle in April each year. The customer is requesting their registration to be seasonal and expire in
March to coincide with the storage of their vehicle.
through
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•
Customer’s expiry is
9/14.
•
Customer requests to
be seasonal and
expire 03/15.
•
Change of expiry
is processed and
record updated to
3/15 expiry.
•
Vehicle record is
marked Seasonal
(S - Vehicle Type).
•
Registration prorated
fee due.
•
Customer receives
Registration
Renewal
application.
•
Customer holds
registration
renewal
application.
•
Registration
expires.
•
Customer drops
insurance and
stores vehicle.
•
Registration is not
returned to PennDOT
and vehicle
registration expires.
•
Customer will not
receive letters
questioning
insurance
cancellation from
PennDOT.
•
Customer can renew
with proof of
insurance any time
after they expire,
provided they
reactivate their
insurance first.
•
Pay full registration
fee for vehicle type.
•
Registration will
expire the following
March regardless of
what month they
actually renewed the
registration.
•
Second renewal
period ends.
For a complete listing of registration renewal fees, refer to Form MV-70S, “Bureau of Motor Vehicles Schedule of Fees,” found on our website at
www.dmv.state.pa.us.
