180ls1

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Are there any hidden costs to registering an out of state vehicle here in California?

The website calculator says it will be about $500 for a $5,000 dollar vehicle, but i dont trust them very much.

So who has bought or knows of someone that registered an out of state car here and what extra fees that they had to pay?

Thanks Guys.

iluvmuffz28

iTrader: (9)

Tell them the vehicle is worth like 1000 bux and that youre using it as a project car.

beezer1519

iTrader: (19)

sounds about right 9% tax they charge you on the price of the vehicle and then if it's tags are expired you have to pay the late fees for some one elses f* up. and then you got all the other bs fees.

180ls1

iTrader: (4)

so there is no real big fee just because the car is out of state? someone told me there is and maybe some extra costly inspections.

NVR_SPDS

iTrader: (39)

When i brought our WS.6 in from texas, we just smogged it, took it to the dmv for them to verify VIN/Mileage and paid for the registration + tax on price of car.. tell em you bought it cheap.

beezer1519

iTrader: (19)

yep exactly what he said vin/mileage verified then pay registration get it smoged and pay for the tax on car what everyone else said cheap is what you bought it for i f'd up the first time and thought the dude was trying to cover his *** in case i bought a pile when i got my camaro and put original price needless to say i got boned for 6 bills when i did that i mean my conscious was clear but my pocket was too lol

Revelation Z28

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i usually knock 1/2 the price i bought the car for and thats what i put on the back of the title.

180ls1

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ya i usually try to put a low price on there, i am just wanting to make sure that there will not be like a stupid $400 dollar fee to have it inspected and maybe some other dumb tax that cali can come up with on top of the other regular fees.

beezer1519

iTrader: (19)

nope won't happen man just registration fees and other bull state fees not to mention late fees if the tags are expired and the tax

180ls1

iTrader: (4)

well thanks for the help everyone,

If anyone wants to waste their time without finding anything out and just be run around in circles just call the california dmv they will be more then happy to do that for you.

AGB1976

Should be just registration fees , smog check and inspection by dmv person. If you just bought the car out of state then you have to pay sales tax if you didn't pay sales tax in the state you bought it from. If the sales tax in that state is lower than the county you reside in now, you will have to pay the difference in sales tax plus smog, registration and inspection by the dmv. Make sure you have the title as well or finance documents with you. Last time I bought a car from auction out of state the bill of sale was no good to the dmv.

Nite_Hawk

If your military, and not a resident of Cali, then you should have a form that you can get from your command stating that your not a Cali resident and the tax and registration fee will be greatly reduced. Nevada is the same way, and since i'm military, i paid $33, instead of $438 for my wife's new honda. No matter what that's all i'll ever pay here, plus smog...

Soul TKR

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screw California.... they just wanted us to pay $2400 to register the GF's 2008 Saturn Sky Redline over here from AZ. It's ridiculous....

180ls1

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can you post in this thread if you have any info on arizona, didnt you say your car is registered over there but you live here?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/western-m...ion-ca-az.html