Automobile Registration
Residents are required to register their vehicle as soon as they establish residency. The fee is $55 for two years for a passenger car and includes registration and title - license plates are extra ($5 a year). There are state Driver and Motor Vehicle Services branch offices throughout the metropolitan area.
Oregon Driver's License
Oregon Driver's License A driver license must be obtained as soon as residency in the state has been established. With a valid, unexpired license from another state and a good driving record, only the written and vision tests are required.
Oregon lawmakers in early 2008 blocked illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses, transforming some of the nation's most lenient licensing rules into the state's harshest sanctions against undocumented workers.
Here are the new rules:
- Either show or Social Security card or Department of Motor personnel will verify your Social Security number on their computers while you wait.
- You must show proof of identity with one of these documents: U.S. birth certificate, driver's license either from Oregon or another state, U.S. passport, or U.S. military ID. Foreign birth certificates and consular ID cards -- popular with many illegal immigrants -- no longer are accepted as proof of identification.
- The bill gives the state explicit authority to check a driver's legal status. It also grants DMV discretion to issue temporary licenses to some people.
People who were never issued a Social Security number must sign a statement saying so and must offer up other identification such as a U.S. passport. If you don't have a Social Security number and you are a legal immigrant or visitor, you will need one of these documents: Immigrant visa, ID document issued by U. S. Department of homeland Security, or a U.S. foreign passport.
License Costs Fees will increase to help pay for the changes, estimated to cost about $2 million this budget period and $1.8 million in 2009-11. A original regular Class C driver's license costs $59, renewal $39, new ID card $33.50, renewal of the card $29.50. A license is valid for eight years except for temporary visitors which is is shorter.
