Here's a quick guide to renewing your vehicle registration in Iowa which we hope will save you time. In Iowa, you can renew your car registration online, or in person.
Renew Iowa Car Registration Online
Here are the steps to renewing your Iowa car registration online if you have your vehicle renewal form:
There are a number of Iowa counties that have their own sites that allow residents to renew their registration online. Here are a list of those counties: Buchanan, Dickinson, Floyd, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Montgomery, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek.
If you are not living in one of these counties, you will need to go to the Iowa State County Treasurer's Association website. Here is the information that you will need when trying to renew your registration online:
- The license plate information; registration PIN on your notice; audit number from your registration renewal receipt
- Pay the amount the system shows you
Renew Iowa Car Registration In Person
- Visit the DMV office
- Bring the registration renewal notice that you got in the mail
- Pay the fees
I Have Other Iowa DMV Questions
- Here's a guide to passing your road test guide for Iowa
- Here's an Iowa DMV permit practice test to help you study
- Here's a way to get an Iowa DMV appointment and get personal assistance
- Here's a way to get a car and driver for your Iowa DMV road test
