Hardin County Clerk
Vehicle Registration information.
If you can't renew online there are other ways
To Renew or Register Your Vehicle
- You can mail your payment, a copy of your registration ( or the card you were sent in the mail) and your proof of insurance along with $2.00 postage/handling for each transaction (checks or money orders only please)
To: Hardin County Clerk's Office
150 N Provident Way, Suite 103
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
- You can drop your payment, a copy of your registration ( or the card you were sent in the mail) and your proof of insurance along with $2.00 postage/handling for each transaction (checks or money orders only please) in our drop box (available 24hrs a day 7 days a week) and we will process your renewal and mail it back to you. Please include your name and phone number on the outside of your envelope.
- Please click here to fill out an information request for the following transactions.
Vehicle Transfers, Moving in from out of State, New Vehicle Purchases, Boat Renewals, and any other transactions not listed here.
We will contact you promptly with information about how we will process your transaction
To: Hardin County Clerk's Office
150 N Provident Way, Suite 103
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Vehicle Transfers, Moving in from out of State, New Vehicle Purchases, Boat Renewals, and any other transactions not listed here.
We will contact you promptly with information about how we will process your transaction
Active Duty Military Information
Renewal of Kentucky registrations
- Documentation required
- January LES for that tax year
- Proof of insurance
- Military id
If active duty member is not listed as a registered owner on the vehicle, Kentucky ad-valorem tax may be due at the time of renewal.
We can only renew Kentucky registrations for military personnel if you are stationed at Fort Knox, TDY from Fort Knox with a copy of the temporary order, or if you provide a copy of a current LES showing Kentucky as your home of record.
Move-in from out of state
- Documentation required
- Out of state title and registration
- Proof of insurance
- Military ID
- Proof of sales or use tax paid previously to another state.
- Vehicle is required to have an inspection for VIN and Odometer verification
If title is being held by a lien holder, our office is required to send a written request for the title to be forwarded to us. We ask that you bring in the lien holder’s name, address, and your account number. If possible, supply our office with a fax number and name to send the fax directly to them in order to speed up this process.
Kentucky charges a 6% road usage tax upon titling your vehicle. We do give you credit for approved state sales or use tax paid to another state, if you can provide proof of paying it. Title, registration, and lien fees will be due upon titling.
Purchasing a motor vehicle while stationed in Kentucky
Military personnel are only exempt from road usage tax if they are purchasing a vehicle from a Kentucky licensed dealer, and they claim a state other than Kentucky as their home of record on their les. The les cannot be more than 120 days old.
If a vehicle is purchased from an individual or an out of state dealership, taxes will be collected upon titling.
Registering with a USAREUR registration
- Documentation required
- USAREUR registration
- Proof of insurance
- Military id
- Proof of sales or use tax paid previously to another state
- Lien holder’s name and address if lien is listed on registration
- Vehicle must be inspected for VIN and odometer verification
- Customs paperwork
If tax has not been paid previously on the vehicle, it will be collected at the time of titling.