Insurance Letters FAQ's

A letter is sent when a vehicle, with a current registration, has “no valid insurance” for 10 or more consecutive days in the Georgia Motor Vehicle database.

Please ignore the notice/letter. 

For future reference, Georgia law requires you to cancel your vehicle registration within 30 days of canceling your insurance. If you do not cancel the vehicle registration, a letter is sent even if you sold the vehicle.

Please ignore the notice/letter. 

For future reference, Georgia law requires you to cancel your vehicle registration within 30 days of canceling your insurance. If you do not cancel the vehicle registration, a letter is sent even if you sold the vehicle

You are still required to pay the fine since the car was registered in Georgia. You are required to maintain Georgia liability insurance coverage if you have a Georgia registration.

You need to pay the fine, cancel your vehicle registration and get your vehicle registered in your new state by the deadline date on the letter. You can pay the fine and cancel your registration online using DRIVES e-Services.

If the vehicle was registered in your new state of residence prior to the cancellation of your Georgia insurance policy, complete the MV-18J Registration Cancellation form and provide proof that your vehicle was registered in the new state to your local County Tag Office.

There are only a few reasons why there would be no insurance record on the Georgia motor vehicle database:

1. The vehicle does not have valid Georgia insurance
2. The VIN on the insurance card does not match the VIN on the state’s motor vehicle database
3. The vehicle is insured under a fleet policy
4. The vehicle is not insured

Please verify which of the reasons apply by contacting your insurance company. Your local County Tag Office cannot update your insurance record. Only your insurance company can submit insurance information electronically to the Georgia Electronic Insurance Compliance System (GEICS).

Insurance companies must send insurance information electronically in one of two ways:

1. File transfer protocol (FTP)
2. Secure web portal

You have the following payment options including:

• Make a payment online using DRIVES e-Services.
• Make a payment using one of MVD’s Self-Service Tag Kiosk locations.
• Mail payment coupon to your County Tag Office.  Please contact your County Tag office for mail payment options as some counties do not accept checks.
• Visit your local County Tag Office to make payment.

Contact your local County Tag Office after speaking to your insurance company to confirm your insurance was valid.

Please verify that you have valid insurance coverage in the state’s database by checking your insurance status online.