{
 "state": "New Jersey",
 "code": "NJ",
 "url": "https://cartaxhq.com/new-jersey/",
 "summary": "New Jersey has no yearly car tax. Owners pay registration fees by model year and weight, and zero-emission vehicles pay an extra yearly ZEV fee. A car purchase is taxed at 6.625%, plus a 0.4% surcharge on new cars of $45,000 or more or with low fuel economy.",
 "annual": {
  "kind": "none",
  "note": "No yearly value-based car tax. ZEVs pay a yearly ZEV fee of about $250 or more, rising $10 a year."
 },
 "purchase": {
  "rate": 6.625,
  "name": "New Jersey sales and use tax",
  "localAdds": false,
  "tradeInCredit": true,
  "note": "A one-time 0.4% surcharge applies to new cars priced at $45,000 or more or rated under 19 mpg (ZEVs exempt). Urban Enterprise Zone reduced rates do not apply to cars."
 },
 "registration": "Passenger car registration is about $46.50–$84 a year, by age and weight. A title costs $60.",
 "due": "No yearly car tax. Registration renews every year.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "title": "NJ MVC – Registration fees",
   "url": "https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicles/regfees.htm"
  },
  {
   "title": "NJ Treasury – Luxury and fuel-inefficient surcharge",
   "url": "https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/luxury_over.shtml"
  }
 ],
 "verified": "2026-10-14",
 "places": []
}