To the list:
Recenly a couple in Washington state was convicted and fined (a whole bunch
of money) for registering their RV in Oregon to avoid Washington's high,
yearly vehicle and license tax. They had done this regularly for a few
years until a neighbor dropped a dime on them.
What's the matter with watching your purchases to make sure you are buying a
clear title? If a vehicle lacks a title, don't buy it. Or make the seller
jump through the hoops if wants to accept your offer.
Just another option; legal.
Walt Fogle
'73 1500
>
>Hey boys and girls, can you spell BUREAUCRACY? When I lived in PA the
>prevailing theory was that everyone was a car thief and it was your
>responsibility to constantly prove your innocence. Fact is I never
>registered my Spitfire in PA, I just kept renewing my Florida tags and
>registration!
>
>I liked someone's suggestion of titling the subject car in a state with
>reasonable laws through a friend or relative and then "move" it to the
>state
>of residency.
>
>Reid
>'79 Spitfire (original owner)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: John & Tracy Knox [mailto:jknox@erie.net]
>Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 5:28 PM
>To: Laura Gharazeddine; wizardz; Reed Mideke; Bill Miller
>Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Title question
>
>
>Here in PA I just looked into this over a motorcycle that I bought several
>years ago. What I found is that to retitle a car/motorcycle in PA requires
>a court order, then you have to send a certified letter to any "interested
>parties" ie. people who might have a claim against the car or might have
>the
>title. If you can't find that person or your letters come back
>undeliverable you have to place an ad in the paper on three consecutive
>weeks that tell where the hearing will be to convert ownership. At the
>hearing the court will give you ownership and then you can apply to the DOT
>for a new title. OR just a thought, you could say that you always have
>owned the car. Most DOT's only carry the records for so many years before
>purging them.
>Oh yea and the ads have to run in the part of the state/country where the
>car was purchased
>
>John
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