For those in California with registration issues:
AAA told me that if you are buying a car and it has not been registered, you
could write a letter/not to DMV explaining you've bought the car as a
restoration project. The car is not drive-able and that your intention is
to do a restoration to put the car back on the road. This is not guaranteed
to work but was suggested as an approach that might work...
-----Original Message-----
From: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
To: fdarl@concentric.net <fdarl@concentric.net>; Bricklin@autox.team.net
<Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: TIPS
>If the car is in California and has not been registered or non-opt'd you
>may well be liable for a bunch (and I mean a bunch) of penalties and
>fees.
>
>http://www.dmv.ca.gov/faq/faq2.htm#BM2512 has the specifics that
>include:
>> California does not offer a grace period after your vehicle's
>>registration expiration date. Be sure to pay your renewal fees on or
>>before the date of expiration shown on your current registration >card.
>Even though your plates have only the month and year, your >registration
>expires on a specific day. Be sure and check the >registration card for
>the actual day of expiration.
>
>>Penalty fees on expired registration are:
>> 10% if 1-10 days late
>> 20% if 11-30 days late
>> 60% if 31 days-1 year late
>
>> If your registration is expired more than 1 year, the penalty fees
>>will be:
>
>> 60% for the first year
>> 80% for the second year
>> 160% for the third year
>
>What I would suggest and what I did when I bought my long non-registered
>Brickin is buy it subject to being able to register it without having to
>pay penalties and/or make the seller (the non-registering person) pay
>the penalties and fees.
>
>There is another avenue and this is what happened in my case. It the
>car is off the roll long enough, then it is as though it had never been
>registered. What I did was go to: http://plates.ca.gov/search/ and
>search for the plate that was on the car (I think that it searches all
>plates, not just personalized ones). If the existing plate comes up as
>available, then you know that the car is off the rolls and there will be
>no penalties or extra fees.
>
>
>
>> Also can someone help with this ? The prior owner had stored the car
>>for the last five years and it has not been registered since 1993.I am
>>almost ready to hit the streets, so I need to get legal. I suspect
>I'll
>>get hit with penalties as it's never been taken off the California
>>registration roles. My concern is that I may need a current smog.
>It's
>>possible that the car may meet the 25-year-old exception for smog
>>certification but if not, I will need a smog pump, as it was removed by
>>the previous owner. Anyone in California or elsewhere that could shed
>>some light on obtaining a new pump would be appreciated.
>>
>>Frank Darling VIN 588
>>
>>
>
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