You sure you live in Minnesota?

(I don't think I asked for an online reminder - I haven't gotten one of those either).

My car is a 2023 & I don't expect there will be much of a change from last year. I think with new cars it drops very slowly, if at all, the first few years.

And, apparently, two years ago the legislators raised the tax. Of course.. Meaning they cannot actually raise it but they keep it the same. Next year will be lower.

My suggestion for you is to go online and pay.

But the mail delivery in my area is so screwy I don't trust it for something like this. Two years ago I not only received my tags but ones for someone who lived two blocks up the street (I delivered those).

I'll either go to an office for them or use the vending machine at Cub.

it may take you an hour wait.

When I had to switch the title on my old car to my nephew, we were in and out in about 20 minutes. (My newphew being a good guy, not always efficient, so I wanted to be sure that title got changed.)

Not all Cubs have the kiosks and you do pay a "convenience fee" for using a card, but it's so fast I think it's worth it.

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by mail, in person, whatever. The DMV is charged with the credit card fee, and they apparently have to pass that along by legislative requirement so that we don't effectively have non-card payers subsidizing card-payers.

I did it online at drive.mn.gov and specified my checking account and paid no fee.

Will remember this for next year. The charge at the kiosk is $4.95 and an additional fee for credit but not debit card.

I got a 2023 car last year. I’ve never had to pay anywhere near that much before.

It was a 2007 Camry with body damage, so it wasn't worth carrying full insurance. So yeah, my rates went up considerably.

my bill was just under $400. Of course, I've never had a car this expensive before either (it's a Forester).

I wasn't shocked by how my insurance changed when I first got it as I expected that (and I'd kept full coverage on the old car). I did nearlly pass out when I got my renewal notice last January. So I (finally) took the 55+ class through AAA that saved me 10%, then when I renewed in June I went with higher deductibles which knocked almost $300 off it. I've had the same auto policy for so long I didn't realize my deductibles were still $250 & $500.

I’ll have to take it before I renew next year. My car wasn’t actually very expensive, definitely less than a Forester. It’s an economy car, though it looks nice. It’s a Mazda cx-30. I don’t understand why the tags are so expensive. It’s definitely worth less than yours. I bought it used and payed $26k. Most cars cost way more than that. The tag cost doesn’t seem consistent with the value of the car.

I think (don't quote me on this) they base the tag cost on MSRP when the car was new. That would have been about $33,000 when I bought it.

They don't drop the cost of the tags as quickly as the car depreciates.

BTW, you can take that class any time & let your insurance company know. They prorate the savings out so you could get a refund on your current coverage. Then it just automatically gets applied going forward.

Will do.