Motor Vechicle Excise Tax

The motor vehicle (excise) tax covers the prior calander year. Excise tax bills issued in the current year, cover vehicle registration from January 1 through December 31, of the previous year. Address changes must be made at the Registry of Motor Vehicles as well as Cumberland Town Hall. If you move to a different municipality within the State of Rhode Island, you will be billed by the municipality you resided in on Decemeber 31. If you move out of the state you will be billed by your former municipality for only the time your vehicle was registered in Rhode Island. If you dispose of a vehicle by any means (sale, transfer, theft, collison, junked, etc.), you must cancel the registration at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, to avoid further taxes. Please obtain a TR-3 form from the Registry upon cancellation of a registration. When a registration is properly canceled, the taxes for that registration will stop as of the date of cancellation. However, because the Excise Tax covers the prior calander year, you may recieve up to two (2) more tax bills for this registration.

You are required to notify us of "any" change of address!

If you do not execute the above specifics you will still recieve a tax bill and may be unable to register vehicles. Please help us serve you better.