W. Va. Code R. § 91-2-3 - Licensing or Registration Instructions

3.1. Every Motor Vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer and pole trailer when driven or moved upon a highway, shall be subject to the registration and certificate of title provisions of Chapter Seventeen-A of the Motor Vehicles Laws of this State, except as provided in Section Two, Article Three.

3.2. When application for certificate of title and license plates are made at the same time, no form of application for license is required. However, the license fee should accompany the application for certificate of title. If no fee is submitted for license, and the certificate of title is issued, an application for license will be mailed to the registered owner. In the event that no application is available for a vehicle that an applicant desires to license, and the vehicle is properly registered in the applicant' name in this State, the applicant may submit the required fee and a complete description of the vehicle for which application for license is being made. The description should include the manufacturer's made and serial number, year model, body style, West Virginia Certificate of Title Number, and the name and mailing address of the registered owner. Department form number forty-four is available and may be used for this type of application. A Schedule of Fees for all classes of License is available to the public upon request.

3.3. Where application for registration is made between the first day of October and the thirty-first day of December, inclusive, in any fiscal year, the fee shall be for three-quarters of the annual fee. When application is made between the first day of January and the thirty-first day of March, inclusive, in any fiscal year, the fee shall be for one-half the annual fee. When application is made between the first day of April and the thirteenth day of June, inclusive, in any fiscal year, the fee will be for one-fourth (1/4) the annual fee. If additional weight or fees are required, the quarterly reduction in fees would apply to all applications for transfer of license, additional weight, and exchange of license from one class to another.

3.4. Where application is made to transfer license from one vehicle to another, or to exchange license from one class to another, the following requirements should be complied with and the necessary fees and registration card submitted with the application:

(a) The name of the applicant must be the same as shown on the vehicle from which the exchange or transfer is being made. License cannot be transferred or exchanged from one person to another, except to a legal heir as provided in Chapter Seventeen-A, Article Four, Section Five, of the Code of West Virginia.

(b) A fee of one dollar is required to transfer license from one vehicle to another, plus the difference in fee if transfer is from a vehicle in a low weight bracket to a vehicle in a higher weight bracket. A fee of one dollar would also be required to transfer registration to a legal heir.

(c) When application is made to exchange license from one class to another, the applicant is required to surrender the license plate and registration card he desires to exchange. A one dollar exchange fee would be required, and any additional fee necessary to equalize the value of the plate surrendered with the value of the registration plate desired. The required class of license plate and registration card will be issued for the vehicle the exchange was made to.

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W. Va. Code R. § 91-2-3