Dealer licensing
Who licenses car dealers in your state
Pick your state and you get the agency that issues the dealer license, its own applications and forms, and the other agencies you will deal with on the way. Every link goes to the agency itself.
All 51, alphabetically
An orange dot marks the 26 states where carrying your own paper can require a second license or registration.
- AlabamaAlabama Department of Revenue
- AlaskaState of Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (Department of Administration)
- ArizonaArizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
- ArkansasDepartment of Arkansas State Police
- CaliforniaState of California Department of Motor Vehicles
- ColoradoColorado Motor Vehicle Dealer Board
- ConnecticutDepartment of Motor Vehicles
- DelawareDelaware Division of Motor Vehicles
- District of ColumbiaDepartment of Licensing and Consumer Protection
- FloridaFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- GeorgiaGeorgia State Board for the Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers
- HawaiiMotor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board
- IdahoIdaho Transportation Department (DMV Dealer Services)
- IllinoisIllinois Secretary of State
- IndianaIndiana Secretary of State
- IowaIowa Department of Transportation
- KansasKansas Department of Revenue Division of Vehicles - Dealer Licensing
- KentuckyKentucky Motor Vehicle Commission
- LouisianaLouisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission
- MaineDepartment of the Secretary of State
- MarylandMaryland Motor Vehicle Administration
- MassachusettsYour city or town's licensing board
- MichiganMichigan Department of State
- MinnesotaMinnesota Department of Public Safety
- MississippiMississippi Department of Revenue
- MissouriMissouri Department of Revenue
- MontanaMontana Department of Justice
- NebraskaNebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board
- NevadaNevada Department of Motor Vehicles
- New HampshireNew Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles
- New JerseyNew Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
- New MexicoNew Mexico Taxation & Revenue Department
- New YorkNew York State Department of Motor Vehicles
- North CarolinaN.C. State Highway Patrol
- North DakotaNorth Dakota Department of Transportation
- OhioOhio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)
- OklahomaOklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing Commission
- OregonOregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services (DMV)
- PennsylvaniaState Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers, and Salespersons
- Rhode IslandRhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles
- South CarolinaS.C. Department of Motor Vehicles
- South DakotaSouth Dakota Department of Revenue
- TennesseeTennessee Motor Vehicle Commission
- TexasTexas Department of Motor Vehicles
- UtahUtah State Tax Commission Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division (MVED)
- VermontVermont Department of Motor Vehicles
- VirginiaMotor Vehicle Dealer Board
- WashingtonDepartment of Licensing
- West VirginiaWest Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
- WisconsinWisconsin Department of Transportation
- WyomingWyoming Department of Transportation
Opening a new dealership?
The license is only part of what you need.
Corrections. Agencies move their pages and rename their forms constantly. If a link here is dead or wrong, tell us and we will fix it.