PERMANENT REGISTRATION FOR TRAILERS AND OLDER VEHICLES
If you live in an unorganized borough or an organized borough that passes an ordinance to participate, you may be eligible for permanent registration for your noncommercial trailer or 8 year-old or older vehicle beginning January 2015.
Permanent Registration FAQ
If eligible, and your registration expires January 31, 2015, or later, you can pay a one-time $25 permanent registration fee along with registration fees and motor vehicle registration taxes. At that time you will be issued a permanent “Z” tab and will not have to renew your registration again.
The effective date of this bill is January 1, 2015, so only vehicles with registrations expiring January 31, 2015, or later are eligible for permanent registration. If your registration expired in October 2014 and you want to wait until January to permanently register your vehicle, you will not be allowed because the law was not in effect when your registration expired. Instead, you will be required to renew your biennial registration for another cycle because the option for a permanent registration did not exist at the time your registration expired.
If you purchase a vehicle with a permanent tab, you must pay full registration fees and motor vehicle registration taxes (if applicable). If you wish to permanently register the vehicle you must also pay an additional $25.
If you sell a vehicle with a permanent tab, the new owner may elect to permanently register the vehicle by paying $25, full registration fees, and motor vehicle registration taxes (if applicable).
Yes. You may apply using our online system here.
Anyone who lives in an unorganized borough or in a borough that has enacted an ordinance allowing permanent registration.
| LOCATION CITY/BOROUGH | EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE | PARTICIPATION |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Bay Borough (including Naknek, South Naknek, King Salmon) | 2/6/2023 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| Northwest Arctic Borough (includes Amber, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Kotzebue, Noatak, Noorvik, Selawik, Shungnak | 10/25/2022 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| City and Borough of Sitka | 10/13/2020 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| City of Haines | 10/22/2019 | Trailers any age |
| City of Hoonah | 7/1/2018 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 7/1/2017 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| Municipality of Anchorage | 1/1/2017 | Trailers any age |
| City of Yakutat | 3/1/2016 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| City of Nenana | 6/1/2015 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| Denali Borough | 5/1/2015 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 3/1/2015 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 3/1/2015 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
| City of Valdez | 3/1/2015 | Vehicles 8 years old or older & Trailers any age |
For a complete list of currently eligible towns see our list.
PERMANENT REGISTRATION AREAS
If you live in an unorganized borough or an organized borough that passes an ordinance to participate, you may be eligible for permanent registration for your noncommercial trailer or 8 year-old or older vehicle beginning January 2015.
Municipality of Anchorage (MOA)
Anchorage
Birchwood
Chugiak
Eklutna
Eagle River
Girdwood
Haines
JBER
Peters Creek
AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR PERM REG OF TRAILERS AND VEHICLES OVER 8 YEARS OLD
ADAK
AKIACHAK
AKIAK
ALAKANUK
ALCAN BORDER
ALEKNAGIK
ALEXANDER CREEK
ALLAKAKET
AMBLER
ANCHOR POINT
ANDERSON
ANGOON
ANIAK
ANNETTE ISLAND
ANVIK
ARCTIC VILLAGE
ATKA
ATMAUTLUAK
BADGER
BEAR CREEK
BEAVER
BELUGA
BETTLES
BIG DELTA
BIG LAKE
BIG SALT LAKE
BIRCH CREEK
BOUNDRY
BREVIG MISSION
BUCKLAND
BUFFALO SOAPSTONE
BUTTE
CANTWELL
CAPE NEWENHAM
CAPE POLE
CAPE ROMANZOF
CENTRAL
CHALKYITSIK
CHASE
CHATANIKA
CHEFORNAK
CHENA HOT SPRINGS
CHENA RIDGE
CHENEGA BAY
CHEVAK
CHICKALOON
CHICKEN
CHISANA
CHISTOCHINA
CHITINA
CHUATHBALUK
CIRCLE
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS
CLAM GULCH
CLARKS POINT
CLEAR
CLEAR AFS
COFFMAN COVE
COHOE
COLDFOOT
COLLEGE
COOPER LANDING
COPPER CENTER
COPPERVILLE
COUNCIL
CROOKED CREEK
CRAIG
CROWN POINT
DEERING
DELTA JUNCTION
DENALI PARK
DIAMOND RIDGE
DINGLISHNA HILLS
DIOMEDE
DOLOMI BAY
DOT LAKE
DOT LAKE VILLAGE
DRY CREEK
EAGLE
EAGLE VILLAGE
EARECKSON AIR STATION
EDNA BAY
EEK
EIGHT FATHOM BIGHT
EIELSON AFB
EKUK
EKWOK
EL CAPITAN
ELFIN COVE
ELIM
EMMONAK
ESTER
EUREKA ROADHOUSE
EVANSVILLE
FAIRBANKS
FARMERS LOOP
FERRY
FISHHOOK
FLAT
FORT GREELY
FORT WAINWRIGHT
FORT YUKON
FOX
FOX RIVER
FRITZ CREEK
FUNNY RIVER
FUNTER BAY
GAKONA
GAMBELL
GAME CREEK
GATEWAY
GEORGETOWN
GLACIER VIEW
GLENNALLEN
GOLDSTREAM
GOLOVIN
GOODNEWS BAY
GRAYLING
GULKANA
GUSTAVUS
HALIBUT COVE
HAPPY VALLEY
HARDING-BIRCH LAKES
HAWKINS ISLAND
HEALY
HIGHWAY AREA
HOLLIS
HOLY CROSS
HOONAH
HOOPER BAY
HOMER
HOPE
HOUSTON
HUGHES
HUSLIA
HYDER
HYDABURG
IDITAROD
None
KACHEMAK
KALIFORNSKY
KALSKAG
KALTAG
KANTISHNA
KASAAN
KASIGLUK
KASILOF
KENAI
KENNY LAKE
KIANA
KING ISLAND
KING SALMON
KIVALINA
KLAWOCK
KLUKWAN
KNICK RIVER
KOBUK
KOLIGANEK
KONGIGANAK
KOTLIK
KOTZEBUE
KOYUK
KOYUKUK
KWETHLUK
KWIGILLINGOK
LABOUCHERE BAY
LAKE LOUISE
LAKE MINCHUMINA
LAKES
LAZY MOUNTAIN
LIME VILLAGE
LIVENGOOD
LONG ISLAND
LOWELL POINT
LOWER KALSKAG
LOWER TONSINA
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS
MANOKOTAK
MARBLE ISLAND
MARSHALL
MARYS IGLOO
MCCARTHY
MCGRATH
MCKINLEY PARK
MEADOW LAKES
MEDFRA
MEKORYUK
MENTASTA
MERTARVIK
METLAKATLA
MINTO
MOOSE CREEK
MOOSE PASS
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE
NABESNA
NANWALEK
NAPAKIAK
NAPASKIAK
NAUKATI
NAUKATI BAY
NAKNEK
NAKNEK (SOUTH)
NELCHINA
NENANA
NEW STUYAHOK
NEWTOK
NIGHTMUTE
NIKISKI
NIKOLAEVSK
NIKOLAI
NIKOLSKI
NINILCHIK
NOATAK
NOME
NOORVIK
NORTHWAY
NORTHWAY JUNCTION
NORTHWAY VILLAGE
NORTH POLE
NULATO
NUNAM IQUA
NUNAPITCHUK
OPHIR
OSCARVILLE
PALMER
PAXSON
PETERSVILLE
PILOT STATION
PITKA'S POINT
PLATINUM
PLEASANT VALLEY
POINT BAKER
POINT MACKENZIE
POINT POSSESSION
PORT ALEXANDER
PORT ALICE
PORT CLARENCE
PORT GRAHAM
PORT PROTECTION
PORTAGE BAY
PORTAGE CREEK
PRIMROSE
QUINHAGAK
RAMPART
RED DEVIL
RIDGEWAY
ROWAN BAY
RUBY
RUSSIAN MISSION
SAINT GEORGE ISLAND
SAINT MICHAEL
SAINT PAUL ISLAND
SALAMATOF
SALCHA
SAVOONGA
SCAMMON BAY
SELDOVIA
SELDOVIA VILLAGE
SELAWIK
SEWARD
SHAGELUK
SHAKOOLIK
SHISHMAREF
SHUNGAK
SILVER SPRINGS
SITKA (The City and Borough)
SKWENTNA
SLANA
SLEETMUTE
SMITH COVE
SOLDOTNA
SOLOMON
SOUTH VAN HORN
ST. GEORGE ISLAND
ST. MICHAEL
ST. PAUL ISLAND
STEBBINS
STEELE CREEK
STEVENS VILLAGE
STONY RIVER
STERLING
SUNRISE
SUNTRANA
SUSITNA
SUSITNA NORTH
SUTTON
TAKOTNA
TALKEETNA
TANACROSS
TANANA
TANAINA
TATALINA STATION
TATITLEK
TAZLINA
TELIDA
TELLER
TENAKEE SPRINGS
TETLIN
THORNE BAY
TIN CITY
TOGIAK
TOK
TOKSOOK BAY
TOLSONA
TONSINA
TRAPPER CREEK
TULUKSAK
TUNTUTULIAK
TWIN HILLS
TWO RIVERS
TYONEK
UNALAKLEET
USIBELLI
UTOPIA CREEK
VALDEZ
VIEW COVE
WALES
WASILLA
WATERFALL
WHALE PASS
WHITE MOUNTAIN
WHITESTONE LOGGING CAMP
WILLOW
WILLOW CREEK
WISEMAN
None
None
None