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Please return the completed form to the address below along with a copy of one of the following: state registration card, vehicle title, or bill of sale.

Return forms to:

Revenue Division
Personal Property Tax Branch
P.O. Box 178 Alexandria, Virginia 22313

Please use the chart below to determine the appropriate decal fee for your vehicle. All checks and money orders should be made payable to "City of Alexandria". If you paid personal property taxes to another jurisdiction, please enclose a copy of the paid receipt.

If you have any questions, please contact the Personal Property Tax Branch weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. except holidays at 703-838-4560.

City of Alexandria residents may now choose to pay parking tickets, real estate, personal property taxes, and business property taxes in just a few minutes by telephone, or over the internet. These services are both available 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week.

Telephone Payment Information

Internet Payment Information

Computation of Tax

I. Annual License Tax on Vehicles Used or Designed to Transport Passengers

Passenger car	$33
Motor home	$33
Private motor vehicle seating more than ten adults	$8 plus $0.30 per 100 pounds of weight, but not less than $23
Private school bus	$8 plus $0.30 per 100 pounds of weight, but not less than $23
Trailer/semitrailer designed for use as living quarters	$28
Taxicabs or vehicles kept for rent or hire with chauffeur, operated under State-issued permits*	$23 for vehicles up to 4,000 pounds; $28 for vehicles over 4,000 pounds
Motorcycles	$21
Buses used solely for transportation to and from Sunday school or church	$23 for vehicles up to 4,000 pounds, $28 for vehicles over 4,000 pounds
Other passenger-carrying vehicles	$13 plus $0.70 per 100 pounds of weight

*Does not apply to common carrier vehicles, which are covered by (II) below.

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II. Annual License Tax on Vehicles Not Used or Designed to Transport Passengers

 

Gross Weight Group (pounds)	Annual Fee
4,000 or less	$33
4,001 - 10,000	$38
10,001 - 12,000	$43
12,001 - 15,000	$48
15,001 - 18,000	$53
18,001 - 20,000	$58
20,110 - 22,000	$63
22,001 - 24,000	$68
24,001 - 26,000	$73
26,001 - 40,000	$83
40,001 and above	$98

 

Personal Property Disposition

Please complete, print, sign and mail a form Personal Property Disposition Form for each vehicle moved out the City, traded, sold, or otherwise disposed of.
This form is used by the Revenue Division to ensure that charges are no longer assessed against this vehicle and to calculate any refunds which may be due.

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