Fees for special business license plates

Updated July 1, 2011

Fees for special business license plates

Updated July 1, 2011

Learn more about special business license plates

Some businesses are required to use special plates for their vehicles depending on the line of work they are in. For payment, reference acceptable forms of payment.

 

 

Fees for 1-year plates

Type

Fee

Saw rig (commercial plate)

$27

Sprayer (commercial plate)

$27

Well driller (commercial plate)

$49

Heavy-duty commercial*

$326

Permanently mounted crane (commercial plate)

½ commercial fee

Construction plate

$12

Special mobile equipment plates**

½ commercial fee

Transporter plates

$250

Hearse plates

$37

Factory plates (e.g., forklifts)

$30 to $114***

*over 55,000 lbs. gross weight: CTDOT overweight permit required 

**vehicle is not designed for transportation of persons on the highway, including, but not limited to: 

  • Ditchdigger
  • Well-boring apparatus
  • Asphalt spreader
  • Bituminous mixers
  • Bucket-loader
  • Street sweeper
  • Ditchers
  • Level graders
  • Finishing machines
  • Motor graders
  • Road rollers
  • Scarifiers
  • Earth moving carry-alls and scrapers
  • Power shovels
  • Drag lines
  • Self-propelled cranes
  • Earth-moving equipment

***determined by distances traveled between facilities