Auto Registration Cheaters (San Jose, Fresno: house, DMV, property taxes)

[steel7]

Are you a auto registration cheater ? I would never report anyone (unless i despise them). http://www.chp.ca.gov/prog/cheaters.cgi

[ferretkona]

What is really funny is that these people know about the law as the state they left has it as well.
I used to call them in, thanks for the link.

[Ultrarunner]

Plenty of good people get caught-up in the system... I know of one.

Her Husband is active duty military and Florida is their home state. They both drive cars with Florida Plates... which is 100% legal for active duty military and their spouse.

Every couple of months she would get a letter in the mail and even got a citation one time when the police officer cited her for her plates... she had to take a half day off from work and the Judge looked at her military papers and chided the officer for not knowing the law...

In another case... the Grandparent of a friends of mine would come to stay a few weeks at a time to help with the kids or when her Grand Daughter had surgery... she was also stopped and had to explain that she was retired and visits her family in CA often.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Is a fine involved or it is like a fix it ticket or something like that? I know of several that have moved here that are not in the service and they have yet to change their plates. I can see the point of both the driver and the state. The driver may just want to save some money untill the registration expires. The state offers roadways that are paid for in part by the registration costs.

[Snort]

I think what happens is that it gets filmed when they come out to your house to demand payment. A DMV clerk acts out in a jealous rage, claiming you're messing around with another state's DMV and that you've been unfaithful to the CA DMV. It's all very dramatic.

[steel7]

I believe its a fix it ticket. Thats a 25.00 fine plus you gotta pay all the thieving dmv fees & get a smog & ca plates. Its NOT cheap. I drove for over 3 yrs with out of state plates all over so.ca. I never had one problem but this was awhile back. The state wants your money & even if you're driving a old beater they will still legally steal from you. My plates on my 85 olds are going to be 78.00. What a bunch of dirty crooks. I can honestly see why barely anyone likes the ca legislature & govenor benedict arnold.

[ferretkona]

I have got tickets to reregister my truck when I was working in Las Vegas, cop told me he seen me each morning at 5:30 on the way to work. A good officer would notice this behavior. I simply ignored the ticket, showed the ticket to the officer when I got pulled over again and paid it when the job was done.

Do I like paying yearly tax added to my auto registration, no. But the tax would just be added somewhere else like other states do. Since we have prop 13 in our pocket - we do not have out of control property taxes like other states. If a few renters, desert rats or trailer queens do not like it, so what. We have a more equal tax per person here than other states.

Wow, this thread gives me all kinds of Déjà vu.

[FresnoFacts]

The state gets about 100 tips per day at that hotline.

It was discussed in this San Jose Mercury column a few months ago. Lots of people upset in the article about both out-of-state registrations and expired tags.
Roadshow: Drivers irked by motorists with expired registration tags - Inside Bay Area

Last year the state collected over $1 million for out of state registrations on California resident vehicles.

Then there are expired California tags. Last year the state collected over $173 million in fees and fines for expired registrations.

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by FresnoFacts

The state gets about 100 tips per day at that hotline.

It was discussed in this San Jose Mercury column a few months ago. Lots of people upset in the article about both out-of-state registrations and expired tags.
Roadshow: Drivers irked by motorists with expired registration tags - Inside Bay Area

Last year the state collected over $1 million for out of state registrations on California resident vehicles.

Then there are expired California tags. Last year the state collected over $173 million in fees and fines for expired registrations.

I've been pulled over twice for expired tags... the problem was my tags were current and I had the registration to prove it... so far, my tags have been stolen 3 times

As the cost of licensing increases and the difficulty... the theft of tags has become rampant in some areas...

[steel7]

Originally Posted by Ultrarunner

I've been pulled over twice for expired tags... the problem was my tags were current and I had the registration to prove it... so far, my tags have been stolen 3 times

As the cost of licensing increases and the difficulty... the theft of tags has become rampant in some areas...

My neighbor had her tags stolen. Whats it cost now to replace the tags & did you get a fix it ticket at all ? I believe the dmv fees are getting way out of control. When you have tards in the legislature its expected.