It goes back to at least 1969. That's when I brought my Bugeye in from
Hawaii and was charged the fee. It was not $300 then, don't remember what it
was at that time.
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
To: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>; Gerard Chateauvieux
<pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
Cc: BILL <billh@aaai.com>; 'Spridgets' <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: DMV Non-Op
> Brad,
>
> Hey, I'm happy to pay the 10 bucks... back on 1995-96 when I first decided
> to finish my original Bugeye and get it back on the road, I was initially
> dealt a crushing blow by the DMV. The last time it had been registered was
> in 1980. My first inquiry to a DMV employee was met with the reply that I
> would have to pay the registration fees for every year since 1980, plus
> penalty fees for late registration. What do you figure 16 years of back
> payment to the DMV would cost!?!... certainly more than the car is worth,
> well a few thousand dollars anyway. Turns out this was only true for smog
> required vehicles, but man was this ever discouraging to hear!! If it
> _were_ true, I would have used it for a parts car (that ultimately was
it's
> fate anyway). Compared to that... take my ten dollars... please!
>
> Did you hear about the $300 out-of-state registration fee that the State
> detemined was illegal to collect? The DMV has to refund $300 to everyone
> that paid this fee. I'm not sure how far back this goes, but I did bring
in
> two cars in the 70's. There's a 3 page form to fill out... that one has
got
> to be a mess. I'm sure thay still don't know what to do.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 7:36 PM -0600 11/15/99, Brad Fornal wrote:
> >Man, am I SOOOOO Glad that I don't live in CA. I have never even heard of
a
> >non-op fee until this ............thread........sorry Jay ;-) Brad
> >
> >Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
> >
> >> Bill,
> >>
> >> I have two non-ops, both were one time $10 fee (used to be $5) and I
> >> receive renewal slips every year by mail. No charge until you register.
> >> I've heard they will stop sending them after about 4 or 5 years. When I
> >> went for a new title for the MKIV, they tried to make me pay $100+ in
> >> resigtration and title fees even after I showed them photos of the body
> >> shell stripped of paint and all running gear! After insisting several
times
> >> that all I wanted was a title, and giving them a statement of fact,
they
> >> finally relinquished their desire to collect all the fees and just
charged
> >> me the $10 for the title and $10 for the non-op. The key is to know
exactly
> >> what's required by the DMV (the people at the branch usually don't).
I've
> >> never received the same answer twice from DMV employees... if you can
find
> >> one that will help, either try a different branch or ask for a
supervisor.
> >>
> >> Gerard
> >>
> >> At 8:37 AM -0800 11/15/99, BILL wrote:
> >> >Does anyone have experience with registering their LBC on a "Non-Op"
in
> >> >California? I'm finally conceding that HRBYTOY won't be running in the
> >> >near future and I don't want give the state more money than I have to.
> >> >
> >> >My question is , what happens when you re-register? Do you have to get
a
> >> >safety check, etc? Just want to know what I'm in for when I do this.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Bill Hunt
> >> >64 MKII - HRBYTOY
> >>
>
> Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.
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