Change your address: Vehicle and boat registration
How to change your address
- Join or login to License eXpress.
Securely renew and manage your vehicles, motorcycles, trailers, boats, driver license and their addresses all in one place!- To learn more, see What is License eXpress.
- Change your address online (vehicles only):
- Change your vehicle address (single vehicles)
- Change address: Fleets (fleet vehicles – not avaliable in License eXpress)
- Change your address in person (vehicles and boats):
Visit a vehicle licensing office or Quick Title office.
Which address to use
If the address you’re changing is for your:
- Personally-owned vehicle or boat, use your residence street address:
- You don’t need to provide an address if any of these apply:
- You’re exempt from paying motor vehicle excise taxes or fees.
- Your vehicle is exempt from motor vehicle excise taxes or fees.
- You’re homeless.
- You don’t need to provide an address if any of these apply:
- Business-owned vehicles, use the street address of the principal place of business in Washington.
You may also need to…
Change the address on your driver license
Changing your address on 1 vehicle doesn’t automatically change it on your driver license or other vehicles and boats. If you need to change the address for your driver license, see update your driver license.
Change the address on your Good To Go! account
If you have a Good To Go! electronic tolling pass, be sure to update the address on your account with the Department of Transportation:
- Online: www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/
- By phone: 866.936.8246
If you want a new title or registration
You won’t automatically get a new title or registration when you change your address. If you want an updated title or registration, you may request one for a fee:
| Type of document | Fee |
|---|---|
| Registration Available at any vehicle licensing office. |
$5 Some vehicle licensing offices may charge an additional $5 service fee. |
Regular title
|
$19 Some vehicle licensing offices may charge an additional $12 service fee. |
Quick Title
Quick titles aren’t available for:
|
$69 Some vehicle licensing offices may charge an additional $12 service fee. |
Terms we use
- Record
- This is the information we have about your vehicle or boat, such as your name, address, endorsements, restrictions, etc.
- Title
- This document is your proof of ownership. It is issued when you first purchase your vehicle or boat. You want to keep this in a safe place and not in the vehicle.
- Registration
- When you renew your tabs each year, you receive a new registration document to sign and keep in your vehicle.