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Wisconsin Collector plate clarifications.

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Subject: Wisconsin Collector plate clarifications.
From: MOWOGMAN@aol.com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:12:04 EDT
While not an expert on WI plates, I would disagree with a few of the 
statements made below.   I think I've been through about 30 Wi registrations, 
collector, personalized, regular, and several title thrills, so I have 
experienced a few dealings with our DMV.


In a message dated 9/26/00 11:24:23 PM Central Daylight Time, pethier@isd.net 
writes:

<< >In a message dated 9/25/0 8:27:56 AM, erik@midwestfilter.com wrote:
 >
 ><<Please note that here in the US license plate numbers often stay with the
 >owner, not the car.  Yes, but only if the owner chooses to do that at the 
time of title transfer.  In other words, if you don't have another car to 
transfer them to, they are junk.
 
 Maybe in Wisconsin.  In Minnesota, the plates stay with the car unless the
 owner wants to keep his personalized plates.
 
 >At different times one car can have more than one
 >licence plate number
 I think what is being said here is that at first it could have a "normal" 
plate, and then you could switch to a personalized plate, or a collector 
plate.   In those cases, your old "normal" plate is essentially trashed. 
(I've done both of these manouevers a couple of times.)
 You could get a tour of the local jail trying that here.
Again, I don't think it was meant that this could happen at one time.
 >and one license plate number can be on more than one car.
 I don't quite know what is meant here.   YOu can get a collector plate, it's 
number might be 564789, the second collector car you get would be 564789A, 
and I think you can get a special "Collector" marked plate for your everyday 
car which would have the same 564789 number on it.   But in this case the 
colector plate and the normal plate are two different colors, and are marked 
different.  Never  the less, the whole use of the number 564789 all relate to 
one owner, and shouldn't be too hard for a cop to figure out, once your 
pulled over.
 Not here.  The State of Minnesota will not issue the same number twice.
 Personalized plates are not allowed to duplicate regular plate numbers.
Does Minnesota have collector plates?  Sounds like something you should look 
into.  For us cheeseheads, it's a pretty good deal, a one time fee, and 
you're set for life.

John 
 Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
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