Man I need to move away from VA, this place is getting as bad as MD and the rest of the northeast. Our registration is $74/year, but the DMV's good enough to discount the price by $1 (no sh1t) if you sign up for two. I think I pay $40 EACH YEAR for my custom plates (both custom lettering and VT custom plate). Throw in the communistic annual "car tax" (whereby you get taxed on your vehicle every year on top of the original sales tax you paid as well as the registration) and the city garaging fee ($20) and there goes $300-400 a year to the state depending on the value of your vehicle (car tax is a % based on year of manufacture).