Western Members - expired plates for 9 years

so im talking to this guy who is selling me this 59 chevy apache, the tags are expired since 2003 and owes about $850 in late fees, i heard tho that after 10 years that all clears up and there would be no fees or anything, i would just need to register the truck and not pay the fees. has anyone heard bout this?
i figured id fix up the truck 1st and by that time it would be 10 years and avoid paying the 8-900 bucks of late fees

I was always told it was 7 years, but I never tried to register a car out of date that long so I cant say for sure.

When i registered my old 63' Nova wagon, it hadn't been on the records for nearly 20yrs, it cost me $55 :lol:

I believe if you tell them it has been un-drive-able That you dont have to pay all that late fees.

I believe if you tell them it has been un-drive-able That you dont have to pay all that late fees.

doesnt matter what you tell them here in CA they will still want their money, youll still have to pay unless its falls off the record. I am pretty sure its 10 years

Here is the fee calculator....
http://dmv.ca.gov/FeeCalculatorWeb/index.jsp

More than 2 years

160% of the vehicle license fee due for that year
160% of the weight fee due for that year, if any

$100.00 dmv fee
plus
$100.00 chp fee


http://dmv.ca.gov/vr/vr_info.htm#origpenalty

Didn't they advertise some sort of amnesty program recently? May not be for this, but wouldn't hurt to search "amnesty" on their site.

let me look, thanks

wait, are you telling me that CA guys have to pay the PRIOR OWNER'S LATE FEES? WTMFH?

It differs from state to state, but yes, usually you have to pay the prior owner's late fees. I think it's 5 or 6 years in Iowa. Just call the local DMV and ask them.

That is fucking RETARDED... Tennessee isn't like that. They go buy the "sold" date on the title to calculate your fees. Of course, they also don't have emmisions or inspection, SOOO.....

OP, why not get it titled in another state, and register it there?

That is fucking RETARDED... Tennessee isn't like that. They go buy the "sold" date on the title to calculate your fees. Of course, they also don't have emmisions or inspection, SOOO.....

OP, why not get it titled in another state, and register it there?

Iowa doesn't have emissions or inspections either, I don't know why it'd have to do anything with that.

I had a 73 chevy truck was out of dmv record i had to do a vin verification with the chp and didnt pay any late fees. I was always told its 7 years

good to know ^^^

just tow it to AZ and register it there. I register all my vehicles in UT, no BS like CA. I bought a car for my wife and they wanted 600 in back fees, took it to UT and they charged me 135.00 to register it for the year.

Just a thought

That is fucking RETARDED... Tennessee isn't like that. They go buy the "sold" date on the title to calculate your fees. Of course, they also don't have emmisions or inspection, SOOO.....

OP, why not get it titled in another state, and register it there?

just tow it to AZ and register it there. I register all my vehicles in UT, no BS like CA. I bought a car for my wife and they wanted 600 in back fees, took it to UT and they charged me 135.00 to register it for the year.

Just a thought



I thought you couldnt do that. From what ive seen the fees transfer with the title.