DMV website 

24-hour Information (and complaint) Hotline: 888-486-3339 or 609-292-6500.   Advice before you call 

Start by reading the New Jersey Driver Manual online.  It's also a good refresher.

Before you can get a license for the first time, you will have to go to a  Motor Vehicle Agency  and get a permit.  Then go to a  Motor Vehicle Testing Center  for written and vision tests.  Then you go to a  Road Test Center  IN PERSON to schedule an appointment.  Then go back to the  Road Test Center  to take the road test.  If you pass, you then go back to the  Motor Vehicle Agency  to apply for a Driver's License.

If you run into trouble along the way, you may have to go to a DMV  Service Center  to sort it out.

Moving?  You must change the address on your Driver's License and car Registrations. 

• If you are moving in-state, you have 7 days, and you can change your address on-line. 
• If you are moving from out-of-state, you have 60 days to visit the Morristown agency and start all the paperwork. 

Vehicles are registered each year.  Check the fees.  Motorcycles, snowmobiles, ATV's, and boats must also be registered by the state.

When you register your vehicle, you will get license plates.  In addition to the regular plates, New Jersey also has 70 varieties of vanity plates.  There are Personalized Plates, Special Interest (12) Plates, (Alumni, community and service) Organizational (32) Plates, Volunteer (4) Plates, Profession (Medical and Press) (6) Plates, Special (Historic) Vehicle (2) Plates, and Military (13) Plates.  Handicapped Plates are issued without charge.

The initial registration is done by the auto dealer, or at a  Motor Vehicle Agency 

You can renew your registration on-line.  You will receive a notice in the mail.  Collect in one pile, your registration renewal form, Social Security number, insurance identification card, and a credit card.
Then Click here.  A new registration will be mailed within five days.

Registration validation stickers are mailed to you with all new or renewed registrations.  The stickers are color-coded by year.  You must affix a current sticker to both the front and back license plate, and they must be visible at all times.

If you lose a validation sticker, you may obtain a replacement at any  Motor Vehicle Agency .  There is no charge and no forms to fill out.  Bring your driver's license and the current registration for the vehicle.

If you did not receive the decals with your registration renewal (by mail or on-line), then call the DMV Hotline 888-486-3339 and the decals will be mailed.

Automobile Insurance is MANDATORY in New Jersey.  Your insurance agent will have the details.

You must carry Proof of Insurance (a valid, current Insurance ID card or the Declarations page of your Insurance Policy) in the vehicle at all times.

All motor vehicles are inspected every one or two years.  The State will tell you when to get inspected in a notice that is sent with your annual Registration renewal.  Cars (including antiques), trucks, motorcycles, and campers should go to an Auto Inspection Station in  Randolph  or  Plainfield . 

 Specialty Vehicles  go to a  Specialty Vehicle Inspection Station  in Morristown.

There are State-licensed private inspection stations in the Township.  They provide an alternative to the State-run stations.  Private inspection stations will charge a fee.  Listing here is for the convenience of the township residents and does not imply any recommendation or endorsement by the Township.


Long Hill Auto Service	1905 Long Hill Rd., Millington	908-647-7984
Stirling Auto Service	233 Railroad Ave., Stirling	908-647-2300
Gillette Amoco	664 Valley Rd., Gillette	908-647-6600
Mark's Auto Care	834 Valley Rd., Gillette	908-647-7276



Note that the Inspection Station in Somerville is now CLOSED, and the Inspection Station in Morristown no longer inspects cars.