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Snowmobile decal

How can I renew my snowmobile decal?

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Submit payment with your renewal mailer and receive your decal by mail

Check your renewal notice

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Office visit

Visit an office if you’re unable to renew online, by mail, or at a self-service station

Schedule an office visit

What do I need to renew a snowmobile decal? (Choose tab)

To renew a snowmobile online, you will need:

  • Your decal number
  • Last four digits of the serial number, if assigned one
  • Payment for the $30 fee with credit or debit card (additional fees apply) or e-check/bank account number

Go to Online Services

To renew a snowmobile by mail, you will need:

  • Your renewal notice
  • The return envelope included with your renewal notice
  • Check or money order payable to the State of Michigan for the $30 fee


You can renew your snowmobile by mail even without your renewal notice. Submit the following information to our department in writing before your registration decal expires:

  • Your first, middle, and last name
  • Your driver’s license/ID number
  • Your decal number
  • Your permanent address and alternative mailing address, if applicable
  • Your phone number
  • Check or money order payable to the State of Michigan for the $30 fee.


Mail your information and payment to:

Michigan Department of State
Internal Services Section
7064 Crowner Drive
Lansing, MI 48918

To renew a snowmobile at a self-service station, you will need:

  • Your renewal notice or decal number
  • Last four digits of the serial number, if assigned one
  • Payment for the $30 fee with credit or debit card (additional fees apply) or cash (at specific locations)

After submitting payment, your decal will be mailed to your address.

A $3.95 service fee will be charged for each self-service station transaction.

Find a self-service station

If you’re unable to renew your snowmobile online, by mail, or at a self-service station, you can do so at any Secretary of State office.

To renew your snowmobile at an office, you will need:

  • Your renewal notice, snowmobile registration or decal number
  • Your driver’s license or ID
  • Payment for the $30 fee with cash, check, money order, or credit or debit card (additional fees apply)

Schedule an office visit

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

  • The renewal fee is $30. Ahead of renewing your snowmobile decal, you will be mailed a renewal notice.

  • Snowmobile registration decals expire on September 30, every three years following issuance. You can renew as early as July 1 of the year that your decal expires.

  • If you aren’t a Michigan resident, you will need to renew your snowmobile registration decal by mail. You can also renew at a Secretary of State office while you’re in Michigan. It’s strongly recommended that you schedule an office visit in advance.

  • Allow enough time for ordering, processing, and mail delivery when renewing a snowmobile registration online, by mail, or at a self-service station. A Secretary of State office can process your renewal immediately.

  • In addition to the registration decal, snowmobiles must also display an annual snowmobile trail permit sticker on the front of the snowmobile, centered on the hood above the headlight.

    Trail permits cost $52 and expire each year on September 30. You can purchase a trail permit from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

    Snowmobiles used exclusively on private lands or on the ice when ice fishing on public lands are exempt from the registration and trail permit requirements.

  • Snowmobiles aren’t required to be titled.


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