CA - old registration is a non-issue

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't want to engage in an argument here, but my understanding as of 2
weeks ago is that a California car which has an elapsed registration must be
brought current by paying the original registration fees for the years
during which it was not registered, plus penalties of up to 160%, depending
on the length of time involved.  This is true even when registering  cars
bought from a previous owner.

The only exception is for those cars covered by a Non-op certificate, or for
cars that have gone unregistered long enough that they have dropped off the
DMV computer records.  This may or may not apply to "title only"
transactions, but it will apply when you try to get plates issued.  I have
processed 5 vehicles in this circumstance within the last 2 weeks, and about
15 within the last 2 years.

In my opinion, any further discussion of this issue should go private or to
the "Salon", as it has gone beyond the point of interest to most of the IML.

Dick Benjamin

----- Original Message -----
From: kenyon wills <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>

> Changing title in California costs $10 each way.
> All penalties accrued by one owner do not transfer to
> the next, including any unpaid registration for years
> other than the one that you're in.
>
> This is fact;
It works.
> Kenyon Wills