Chicago City Sticker no-fee purchase locations
July 5, 2013 8:14 AM Subscribe
Purchased a new vehicle on June 7th of this year. According to the law I have to purchase my city sticker by July 7th; tried going online to purchase but that only works for existing vehicle renewals. It appears that the majority of locations that sell stickers are currency exchanges that charge a 5.50 service fee.
The only exception I see is the Chicago City of Finance office, but the hours and location are very difficult for me to make. Is there any other option to purchase without paying the service fee? Is that essentially what these currency exchanges are paying for the "right" to do?
The only exception I see is the Chicago City of Finance office, but the hours and location are very difficult for me to make. Is there any other option to purchase without paying the service fee? Is that essentially what these currency exchanges are paying for the "right" to do?
Your local alderman's office might be an option, though their hours probably don't work either.
posted by sandmanwv at 8:24 AM on July 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by sandmanwv at 8:24 AM on July 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
If you're lucky, you didn't already miss the ward sale at your local alderman's office.
posted by stopgap at 8:32 AM on July 5, 2013
posted by stopgap at 8:32 AM on July 5, 2013
You can buy them online and it'll be mailed to you. There's currently a 15 day grace period you managed to fall into, CPD won't be ticketing until the 15th according to this article.
posted by borkencode at 8:36 AM on July 5, 2013
posted by borkencode at 8:36 AM on July 5, 2013
No, you can only buy online if your vehicle is already in the City Clerk's database. It's really only for renewals.
posted by stopgap at 8:46 AM on July 5, 2013
posted by stopgap at 8:46 AM on July 5, 2013
You can also get a new city sticker at City Hall. Not sure of the hours, and it may not be any more convenient than going to the Finance office, but that's basically your only other fee-free option. The banks charge the same fee as the currency exchanges. (Ward sales are, like online sales, only for renewals.)
posted by devinemissk at 9:46 AM on July 5, 2013
posted by devinemissk at 9:46 AM on July 5, 2013
Yeah I went downtown last time I was approaching deadline. Pretty quick.
posted by Max Power at 10:09 AM on July 5, 2013
posted by Max Power at 10:09 AM on July 5, 2013
You actually can buy the sticker online if it's not a renewal. There's one additional step involved for non-renewals, though, which is to email the salient details to the office of the city clerk. This is what I did for my new vehicle this year, and it was about a half-day turnaround for them to get back to me and enter it into the system, providing me with a record to click on so I could purchase it online.
It appears this is no longer on the website as an option--maybe because we're already past the deadline. You could give it a shot anyway though! You can contact them at clerk.vehicle@cityofchicago.org. You need to include an attachment of a document that includes the vehicle's VIN, as well as your full name, current address, license plate state and license plate number. Good luck!
posted by booknerd at 4:25 PM on July 5, 2013
It appears this is no longer on the website as an option--maybe because we're already past the deadline. You could give it a shot anyway though! You can contact them at clerk.vehicle@cityofchicago.org. You need to include an attachment of a document that includes the vehicle's VIN, as well as your full name, current address, license plate state and license plate number. Good luck!
posted by booknerd at 4:25 PM on July 5, 2013
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posted by Wulfhere at 8:17 AM on July 5, 2013