Payments & Refunds

There are several options for payment: online, over the phone, at a kiosk, by mail, or in person at a DMV office, depending on your application type and eligibility.

Refunds

You can request refunds for vehicle registration, driver licenses, ID cards, insurance, and other fees and penalties collected by DMV. DMV issues refunds in cases where you accidentally paid the wrong fee, or when a fee wasn’t required but you paid one.

The following circumstances may qualify you for a refund of fees paid:

• The renewal fees were paid after the vehicle was sold.
• The vehicle was wrecked, junked, salvaged, or stolen before the first day of the new registration period.
• You are nonresident military personnel or a nonresident spouse and paid the vehicle license fee in error.
• The vehicle left California before the first day of the new registration period.
• You decide before the first day of the new registration period that the vehicle will not be operated and file for Planned Nonoperation (PNO). The PNO fee will be deducted from your refund.