Moved to Washington last year? You may owe a vehicle registration fee.

Starting this week, the owners of 32,749 vehicles in Washington will get a letter from the Department of Licensing asking them to pay a $15 fee that wasn’t collected when they registered the vehicles.

These owners brought their vehicles to Washington from out of state between December 2016 and August 2017, and should have been assessed a $15 Out of State Vehicle Check fee (RCW 46.17.120) at the time they titled their vehicle in Washington State.  A processing error resulted in approximately $491,000 in uncollected fees, which are required by law to help fund highway safety programs.

Customers will need to pay this outstanding balance prior to their next renewal, and can pay in-person at a vehicle licensing office or online at dol.wa.gov.