ALANRIDER7
MeowMeowMeow
So when I moved out of CA, I registered my vehicle in another state. New license, new registration, new insurance ID card, no problem. They punched my CA license and specifically said I don't have to turn in my CA plates. I didn't even have to get a title from the new state- they said my CA title would be valid without issue.
Several months passed.
So I checked my online banking only to find I got bushwhacked for $525 by the Franchise Tax Board/CA DMV. The bank wouldn't even tell me what it was all about, although they did say that $100 of that $525 was their "fee" for this legal service. :wtf
No letter, no explanation, no notice, no nothing. :nchantr
I had to jump through several hoops only to find out the little known fact that when you leave the Golden State, you're supposed to file a form that tells them your vehicle will no longer be registered or driven in CA.
I had never heard of this before.
If you don't do this, they will institute collection proceedings against you for unpaid back registration fees. They say you are legally required to pay registration fees unless you sell the vehicle, go for non-op status or notify them in writing that you have moved or they go after you like a rabid dog to get them. You then have to deal with the idiotic bureaucracy that is CA DMV and the headaches to unwind the mess they make.
Now... any reasonable person would think not renewing means you no longer need a CA registration because of something like moving. Driving with expired tags is a huge red flag that will get you pulled over sooner or later.
So I was able to provide documentation and such to get the fees reversed, but this has got to be a big problem for people who move. I'm just trying to get the word out there to anybody who ever moves out of state. I looked in the drivers manual and there doesn't seem to be much of anything explaining this. They only say to file for non-op status if the vehicle will not be driven.
Several months passed.
So I checked my online banking only to find I got bushwhacked for $525 by the Franchise Tax Board/CA DMV. The bank wouldn't even tell me what it was all about, although they did say that $100 of that $525 was their "fee" for this legal service. :wtf
No letter, no explanation, no notice, no nothing. :nchantr
I had to jump through several hoops only to find out the little known fact that when you leave the Golden State, you're supposed to file a form that tells them your vehicle will no longer be registered or driven in CA.
I had never heard of this before.
If you don't do this, they will institute collection proceedings against you for unpaid back registration fees. They say you are legally required to pay registration fees unless you sell the vehicle, go for non-op status or notify them in writing that you have moved or they go after you like a rabid dog to get them. You then have to deal with the idiotic bureaucracy that is CA DMV and the headaches to unwind the mess they make.
Now... any reasonable person would think not renewing means you no longer need a CA registration because of something like moving. Driving with expired tags is a huge red flag that will get you pulled over sooner or later.
So I was able to provide documentation and such to get the fees reversed, but this has got to be a big problem for people who move. I'm just trying to get the word out there to anybody who ever moves out of state. I looked in the drivers manual and there doesn't seem to be much of anything explaining this. They only say to file for non-op status if the vehicle will not be driven.
