Motor Vehicle Division Tag Office

Finding the tag office was not hard at all and finding parking was just as easy as there was plenty of street parking (don’t forget to pay the meter of course) and there’s also. The building is located at the corner of MLK Jr. Dr. and Pryor street, right across the street from the Superior Court of Fulton County. After going through security (you’ll have to show your ID and sign in), head up the escalator, follow the signs to suite 2097.
After finding myself in line for about 10 mins (which was better than I expected), a nice young man helped me renew my tag and I was out five mins after sitting at his «desk». As long as you have all of your necessary information, they’ll be no issues. For a government office, they seem to have a pretty good system setup when it comes to getting people in and out.

In and out in less than 20 minutes. You can’t beat that on a Monday.

Always very helpful and never a long wait! I used to dread going to the Tag office due to long lines, rude reps etc. This place is definitely above the ordinary. In and out within 15mins every time!

These guys are about as good as it gets. They are fast fast fast. Word to the wise, you don’t even need to bring your registration renewal notice. If you have your drivers license, that’s all you need. Just make sure you’ve gotten your emissions done.

Fast and easy, came in on Friday at 3:30 left at 3:50. Thought it was gonna take a lot longer but I guess it depends on what time you come in.

Holy crap. I was so afraid of this place based on some of the things I’d read. But you have nothing to fear. My experience, at least on this Friday afternoon, was that they were very helpful and friendly. I walked in expecting to have to pay a boatload of fines because I was late registering for my car tag. I walked out with a smile on my face, tag in hand, having paid nothing more than the regular registration fee. If you’re like me, and you’re a little bit OCD and tend to over-​prepare for things like this, you can breathe easily.
Pro tip: If, like me, you wait more than 30 days after switching your insurance to Georgia to get a tag, you’ll need to call your insurance company and have them re-​upload your information to the state system, or the people in the office won’t see it on file. If you forget, the insurance company can fax a binder directly to the office, it’ll just take a few extra minutes once you’re there.
A previous poster said parking was at least $ 10, but you can park for $ 3 at the Underground Atlanta garage, right across the street. Or park for free at your local MARTA station and walk 5 minutes from Five Points.

Thank Michael Styles and Latonya. Courteous staff made the process of registering my car in GA the least painful.
Update to payment options :
Credit/​Debit Cards
Cash
Personal checks
Money Orders
Please note: First time registers make sure your insurance company electronically downloads your insurance information on their system prior to visiting as your insurance identification card isn’t enough.

I’ll review the Tag Office & driver’s license office in one post, as they go hand in hand if you’re registering a vehicle from out-​of-​state. 4 stars for Tag Office– 2.5 for Driver’s License office. First, thanks to many Unilocalers whose posts guided me through the Driver’s license experience. Don’t wait till the last minute, you only have 30 days! I waited till the last week and made it, just barely. You can’t really avoid registering your car because the state will find out through your car insurance company. Once you switch to coverage in Georgia, the 30 day clock starts running. The ins. co. is required to electronically upload your record to the state record, that’s how they get you!!! You will have to pay a % penalty after 30 days. For our two cars, that would be an additional $ 800!

I was here on a wednesday around 3:30 PM for tag renewal. I waited in line for about 10 minutes and tag renewal itself was only 5 mins. They didn’t ask for emission test (I assume it was already sent to them) and I paid the fee with my credit card. So I can’t really complain about anything. Keep up good job.

I went here to get a tag renewal, and I was really surprised that it only took me 5 minutes. I didn’t have to wait, it was really fast.
My recommendation would be to go always to in the «middle». With this I mean, in the middle of the month, the middle of the week, the middle of morning or the afternoon. NEVER go early in the morning when most people go before work, or at lunch hour.
Btw, they do not accept credit cards. Only cash and checks.
There is an ATM in the same building if you need to withdraw money.
Before you go make sure you have:
1) ID/​Drivers License
2) Car insurance
3) Emission Inspection
4) 2 Utilities bills (if you are changing address)
5) Cash or Checks.

The dumbest people I have ever had to deal with. A trained monkey could do a better job.

Went here today to get my plate and tags for a new car, and while it is never fun to pay for all that, the whole process was really quick and easy!
I am used to having to wait at the DMV in Atlanta for HOURS, so I went expecting that. However, there was literally no one in line. The whole process took less than 5 minutes (I went on a Tuesday at 10am). Someone mentioned it before, but make sure to bring a check or cash, they do not take credit cards or debit cards.

BE PREPARED If you are moving from out of state! I was (and still am) in total shock at the $ 1200.69 I had to pay for my GA Tag (for a 2013 honda accord). I moved from Texas, which I paid $ 1300 for sales tax last year (in Texas). I own the car (no loan) and was told I could pay half (apprx $ 601), but the state would not issue a title until I paid in full!!!
I AM OUTRAGED! This is the most ridiculous law I have ever heard of. I am a Georgia Native and have been working in Texas for the past 4 years, coming back home and getting this shocker almost sent me into heart attack mode!
If you are coming from out of state, be prepared! How are most people able to pay this outrageous fee? I have been double taxed, which technically is against the law (i do believe)…
horrible, horrible «welcome back home»…

Slow service, error quoting title transfer fees, unacceptable waiting time to speak to a representative on the phone. It could not get any worse. So glad I moved away from ATL and won’t have to deal with them in the future.

I almost never write reviews on Unilocal,much less for a government agency. But, what happened on Monday has compelled me to actually login for once and do this. Bear with me, it is a long one but I am very grateful so must share this story.
I bought a car last December (very close to my birthday), and traded in my previous old clunker in the process. The old car had very title taxes by the time I bought the new car, so I was shocked by the amount listed on the annual ‘birthday tax’ I received in the mail for the new car I have now: $ 438.
Sticker shock combined with habitual procrastination, I waited until the day before DVM closes for Christmas and 4 days before my birthday before reluctantly head to the DMV and pay for this abomination.
The line was short and efficient, first of all. When I got to the window, checkbook out and checking account already adjusted and ready to take the hit, the man behind the counter looked at the year of my vehicle and asked, ‘did you buy this car from a dealership last year? do you have the bill of sale for this car with you?’ to which I thought was odd and answered truthfully, ‘no, I did not bring it with me.’ I thought, ‘who brings the bill of sale to pay for their tag & title? seriously? this dude is nuts.’ Turns out, he was trying to save me some money. He proceeded to tell me about the New Ad Valorem Title Tax (
), which in short allows you to pay the title tax for you car up front instead of annually. I did get a flyer in the mail about this, but I did not understand the implications.
As it turns out, the amount of taxes I paid on the car at the time of the purchase, plus the tax I had already paid for my previous car before trading it in, was enough for the new car I now own. But how would I have possibly known that? This gentleman was not obligated to tell me about it. But he went above and beyond what is expected of him which most people would have just done the minimum, taken my check and hard-​earned dollars and let me go on my way.
Instead, he had me call the car dealership, provided the fax number to the DMV office, and looked up my old trade-in’s VIN number for me with the limited amount of information I was able to provide to him, had me sign the right paperwork, and multiple steps later, reduced the tax I thought I was in there to pay from $ 438 to — get ready for this — $ 20!!!
I couldn’t believe it. There are very few times I am impressed by government workers’ effectiveness at their job, and even less so by their willingness to help the citizens that go to their institutions to pay for things that us little random nobodies typically do not believe we even have any options other than paying what is asked of us. But this man completely surprised me. There are actually good people in this world.
I did not get his name, so Merry Christmas to the DMV at 141 Pryor street, and happy birthday to me =].

I moved a month before my birthday, so I wasn’t able to renew my tag online. After taking my car in for its emissions check, I headed to the tag office. Park in a metered space if you can– the parking lots I saw were a complete rip-​off.
If you’re changing your name due to marriage, go to the SSA office first, the DDS next, and then the tag office. If you need to change your car title (name and/​or address), bring a copy of your marriage certificate and your new driver’s license. The title change was $ 18 and I received my new title in about a week.
Come prepared: They only accept cash and checks.

I don’t have any complaints. There’s never a wait and the reps I get are always nice. The only reason I don’t give it 5* is because I HATE having to pay for emissions and tags during the month of my birthday!

I definitely did not abide by the 30 day rule once I moved to Atlanta, only for the simple fact I was absolutely dreading having to deal with GA DDS and GA MVD. However 2.5 months, 1 car accident and 1 expired Florida tag later I decided it was time to bite the bullet. For 2 reasons. 1) I cannot «stretch» the truth too well when under pressure by law enforcement. 2) I do not trust the USPS at all to forward a new set of Florida tags using my current forwarding.
I must say besides for the absolute mountain of paperwork I was required to produce I spent a combined 45 minutes getting my GA DL and GA Tag on two separate days in two separate offices. I made sure to call the MVD before I went down as their website showing what is required for tag transfer from another state reads like a legal document.
I walked in the door at the Pryor St. SW government building on the nose at 8:00AM and was at work (10 minutes away) sitting at my desk by 8:35AM with a shiny new GA license plate. Security checkpoint coming in was quick and the guards could see I was lost so they offered assistance. The lady I worked with was quick, very friendly and took my $ 312 with a smile.
Couple hints if you are a newcomer to Georgia.
#1) For your DL go to the doublewide trailer by Turner Field and get there about 10 – 20 minutes before opening on a weekday. 20 minutes from check in to exit with my temp DL. Don’t even bother with the appointments. My other half did this at one of the Marietta locations and still waited around for ~2.5 hours.
#2) Call the department (DDS or MVD) customer service line before to verify what you will need.
#3) Downtown Pryor St. tag office was actually quite nice and street parking was plentiful. Just remember Pryor St. does not have street parking 7−9AM and the side streets have parking enforcement starting at 7:00AM, I wrongly assumed it was later but luckily did not get knicked by ParkAtlanta.
#4) Learn to love Atlanta but hate the State of Georgia, the second you start working and living in this state they shove their vacuum nozzle straight into your wallet or purse and grab as much as they possibly can. Taxachusetts has nothing on this place.

Believe it or not, but I actually look forward to coming here. It’s become part of how I celebrate (read: acknowledge) getting older. First I get an emission test and then I come here a few days before my birthday. It’s amazingly pain free and SO EASY!
In theory it would be even easier to handle this without having to visit an office. For a small fee you can renew your registration by mail. You can do it online for a slightly higher small fee. Normally I’m totally in favor of handling stuff remotely, but for some reason I like getting my tag decal in person.
Maybe it’s the adventure you can have Downtown around all the busy government buildings. Maybe it’s the quick service I always get here. Maybe it’s just a way to save a buck. Whatever the case, I’ll gladly go because I appreciate how well this office is managed and I don’t feel like I’m wasting my time.

I loathe government offices. My experience has been that no matter how much paper work you have (birth certificates, driver’s licenses, passports, titles, and so on) the gov. worker is going to type something in to that computer, look at the screen with squinted eyes, grunt, and say,
«Did you bring a notarized copy of the results of your last gynecological exam and a sample of your stool?»
So today I needed to get new tags and the title transferred for one car and just the title transferred for another car. I’m thinking that this is not going to go well. It’s going to be too much. I’m still shocked. I only waited about 10 minutes before I was seated before a man who processed my requests quickly and without any problems. I could not believe it. I was like in and out. Unbelievable. This has inspired a small shift in my paradigm as it relates to dealing with the gov. and his workers. This shift is incredibly small though. Still, I was very please with my business interaction at the tag office today.
Okay but there was that awkward moment when the worker looked at my sample and asked, «What’s that?» Crickets.
One important thing to note: They do not accept plastic at all. You need your checkbook or cash!!!