Can You Register A Vehicle With A Learner's Permit?

Commune Residency and Documentation for Vehicle Registrations

To register a vehicle in the Commune you—or at least 1 person listed on the vehicle title—must be a District resident. Merely the District resident(south) will be listed on the vehicle registration. The residency requirements for vehicle registration and DC DMV driver licenses are the same.

The DC DMV Certificate Verification Guide tin help you decide what documents you must collect and bring to the DC DMV service center, based on the transaction you need to do. Information on the DC DMV Certificate Verification Guide is available at the link beneath:

DC DMV Document Verification Guide

When you, as an individual, register your vehicle, you must have a valid, unexpired DC DMV driver license or learner permit or not-driver identification card. If yous accept a valid out-of-state driver license, you must catechumen it to a DC DMV driver license before you can register your vehicle.

If you want to register your vehicle(s) under your business, you must have a DC business license, and a DC Certificate of Occupancy. You will be required to bring the original documents to register the vehicle(s) at a DC DMV service center. DC DMV cannot accept photocopies or scanned documents.

Notation: Any motor vehicle that displays un-removable commercial advertising or insignia is considered a commercial vehicle (and is not eligible for residential parking); these vehicles must be registered as commercial vehicles.

To register your vehicle, you will also need to bring the following original documents (DC DMV cannot have photocopies or scanned documents) to the DC DMV service center:

Title or Certificate of Origin of the vehicle
Bill of Sale for a new auto; transfer title with actual purchase amount written in the transfer cake for a used auto
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Dealer's odometer argument

Notation: The inspection sticker volition be provided automatically at registration for new cars.

Used car, one of the post-obit:
Certification of odometer mileage on the dorsum of the championship, when it is signed over
Certification of odometer mileage on the dealer reassignment grade, if purchased from a dealer
Lien contract, if applicable
Lease contract, if applicative

Notation: If you do not own the vehicle, and y'all are registering it for the owner(due south), you must have:

A Vehicle Ability of Chaser document, bachelor at the link beneath:
Vehicle Power of Attorney Form
A copy of the vehicle owner(s) DC DMV driver license(southward), learner let(s), or non-commuter ID card(s)
A valid DC DMV or other land or jurisdiction driver license, learner let, or not-driver ID card of your own

If the vehicle has multiple owners:

All owners of a vehicle must be listed on the vehicle's Certificate of Origin (for new vehicles), title, and whatever lien(s) information or paperwork that apply, and at least i possessor must be a District resident to annals the vehicle in the Commune.

If a secondary possessor of the vehicle lives in a different land or jurisdiction, you must bring with you lot to the DC DMV service heart a letter that states y'all are authorized to act on that secondary possessor's behalf, and a copy of that person'southward driver license or non-driver ID card.

Whatsoever owner of the vehicle who wants to exist listed on the vehicle registration must have a valid DC DMV driver license or non-driver ID carte.

All documents y'all provide must match all the information y'all provide on the title awarding.