What Month Do I Register A Truck?

Vehicle Registration

The Canton Treasurer is responsible for issuing vehicle titles, registration renewals, junking certificates, personalized and other special emblem plates; notating and releasing security interests; collecting ane-fourth dimension new registration fee (a.1000.a. Utilize Tax); registration and document fees; processing credits and refunds on vehicle registration fees; and serving as an amanuensis of the Iowa Section of Transportation and Iowa Section of Acquirement.

Vehicles may be renewed during a three-month window around your renewal month without penalty. This includes the month prior to your renewal month, your renewal month, and the month post-obit your renewal month. If the last mean solar day of the iii-month window falls on a Sat, Sunday, or holiday, renewals can exist completed on the first business day of the following month without penalty.

Following the three-month renewal window a penalty is assessed at the rate of 5% of the annual renewal fee, per vehicle, per month, rounded to the nearest dollar, with a minimum penalty of $5.00 per vehicle. When the last day of the month is a Saturday, Sun, or holiday, renewals tin can be completed on the first business day of the following month without added punishment.

Vehicle owners receive an almanac renewal notice sent from their Canton Treasurer. Failure to receive a find is not a defense to the payment of the renewal amount and any penalty that has accrued.

On or before the "enforcement date", Iowa law requires the registration validation sticker, often called a tag, to be affixed to the lower left side of the rear plate for large plates. For small plates the tags should be affixed to the upper left corner. Law enforcement defines the enforcement date equally the first day of the second calendar month following the registration month. It is recommended that the renewal be candy and the sticker be affixed to the license plate on or before the enforcement engagement.