DMV Hookup?
07-17-2008, 10:35 AM
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DMV Hookup?
I been in California for about a year. My tags have been expired for almost a year. Does anyone have the hook with someone that works at the DMV to register my car. They want to charge me $700 to register my car here. Im in the Military and drive a Winning Blue 8. Need Help. Thanks
07-17-2008, 10:50 AM
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its a '06 and i took it for a smogged and they said that they didnt have the updated version for the '06 rx8 just up to '04 so i wont need one. Im looking to pay less than $700. Thats a lot to just register my car. Someone has to have the hook here.
07-17-2008, 10:54 AM
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If you have a permanent residence in another state, you should register the car there and avoid our "Use" tax; otherwise it's what rglbegl said.
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07-17-2008, 06:57 PM
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Unless I am mistaken, if you are in the military you can remain registered in your "home state". You may need to get a California insurance policy but IIRC stationed military is an exemption to the residency rules. Oddly enough, last year it only cost me $200 to register my '04.
Even if he doesn't, if it was registered long enough outside CA its exempt from the use tax.
If you have a permanent residence in another state, you should register the car there and avoid our "Use" tax; otherwise it's what rglbegl said.
07-18-2008, 11:25 AM
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im in the military but since my home town is CA too. i just bought the car in VA cuz i was stationed there. i just think its retarded to pay the differences in taxes if i paid the VA tax already.
07-18-2008, 04:05 PM
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Well legally speaking you're paying CA use tax less a credit for the VA sales tax you already paid. If you registered and used the vehicle in VA for the requisite time frame though the use tax gets waived. I would look at the DMV website. It does a good job of answering pretty much every question on the matter, and as a point of reference the tax rules are administered by BOE not the DMV.
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