Start with not believing
anything they tell you: of course they won’t help you file your case,
they’d rather send you in the woods!
Not that it’s
always like that, but it won’t hurt to always think like that.
Ask a good lawyer, using
it’s free first half hour or so.
Or go over the laws
yourself, on the internet. Search for applicable case law also.
Jim, The Netherlands
’57 Dodge x2
Van: Forward Look
Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Ted Blackington
Verzonden: zaterdag 21 april 2007
14:45
Aan: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Onderwerp: [FWDLK] property
taxes/old cars
In North Carolina an annual property tax
must be paid on every vehicle. It matters not whether the car is usable or
licensed. . A special "book" is kept in the state capitol which gives
the local assessor the "correct rate" at which to tax your old car.
The book assumes every old car, including that rusted out old Model A in
the wood behind your house is a restored model. Appeal is virtually impossible,
as I stated in another post a few minutes ago. One must go to Raleigh with a
hired lawyer after filing a petition and formally present your appeal to a tax
appeal board. This is what I was told by letter when I protested my tax bill.
As mentioned above, the tax is an ANNUAL
one, and though it decreases slightly each year on new cars, it increases on
"antique" models.
I have many friends who "hoard"
old parts cars "out back" that are in great fear of the tax assessors
finding their ":stash." Especially so since they have begun using
aircraft to spot these vehicles. North Carolina is NOT a tax friendly state to
homeowners or old car lovers. And yet each year I receive an "invitation"
to enter my 55 Imperial in the annual Christmas Parade. For free, of course.
Oh yes-fail to pay the tax on that
"junker" out back and they will refuse to license your regular
driver.
Ted ( who would get the h--ll out of here if someone would
buy his house!!)
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