INSTRUCTIONS
Application for Vintage Registration Plates for Vehicles Currently Displaying Antique or Classic Registration
The following items are necessary for the processing of vintage registration plates for vehicles that currently display antique or classic registration.
1.One clearly distinguishable color photo of the front side of the vintage registration plate. Photographs should not be taken at an angle. Photograph must be taken in normal daylight and must clearly show the plate.
2.Form MV-11V, “Application to Display a Vintage Registration Plate.”
3.The fee to apply to display a vintage registration plate is $75.
Application for Antique and Classic Registration in Addition to Applying to Display a Vintage Registration Plate
1.If you are purchasing the vehicle and wish to immediately brand the vehicle as a antique or classic vehicle and obtain registration, you will need:
a.The Pennsylvania Certificate of Title and Form MV-4ST, “Vehicle Sales and Use Tax Return/Application for Registration” or an out-of-state title and Form MV-1, “Application for Certificate of Title”.
b.Form MV-11, “Application for Permanent Antique, Classic or Collectible Registration Plate.”
c.The fee for antique or classic registration is $75. This is in addition to the $75 application fee to display a vintage registration plate.
2.If the vehicle is currently titled in your name and you now wish to brand the vehicle as an antique or classic vehicle, you will need:
a.The Pennsylvania Certificate of Title and Form MV-11, “Application for Permanent Antique, Classic or Collectible Registration Plate.”
b.The fee for antique or classic registration is $75. This is in addition to the $75 application fee to display a vintage registration plate.
3.If the vehicle is currently titled in your name as an antique or classic vehicle and you now wish to apply registration to the vehicle, you will need:
a.Form MV-11, “Application for Permanent, Antique, Classic or Collectible Registration Plate.”
b.The fee for antique or classic registration is $75. This is in addition to the $75 application fee to display a vintage registration plate.
If the current owner sells the vehicle and wants to give the new owner the vintage registration plate, the seller must write a letter of release for the plate and give it to the new owner. The new owner should forward the letter to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, along with all appropriate documents and fees when applying for title and registration of the vehicle. The new owner must pay the full application fee of $75 to display the vintage registration plate with Form MV-11V, "Application to Display a Vintage Registration Plate." This fee is in addition to the $75 fee required with Form MV-11, "Application for Permanent, Antique, Classic or Collectible Registration Plate".
Make check or money order payable to the “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” and mail all forms and fees to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Special Tag Unit, P.O. Box 68293, Harrisburg, PA 17106-8293.