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VIN inspection, california bureaucrats |
nimblemotorsports |
Feb 9 2018, 10:00 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 12-January 18 From: Sacramento, California Member No.: 21,793 Region Association: None |
I took my 914 into the California DMV to get a VIN verification on it, since it did have a title and is out of the DMV system. They refused to inspect it, saying it must be a 'complete car'. Now it didn't have an engine, trans, doors or hoods or seats or a dash, but the VIN isn't on any of those parts, and the reg 31 form has a checkbox for 'missing' on the engine and odometer.
This really had me angry. I know there are 3rd party licensed VIN verification people, will they give me the same dismissal? Join AAA and have them to do it? Any other ideas? Get Nevada title first and then xfter to CA? |
campbellcj |
Feb 10 2018, 09:24 AM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,549 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California |
Different issue but I just ran into another head-scratcher WTF pain with the CA DMV. The window agent even apologized as she fully realized how stupid it was. We recently bought our son his first (well-used) vehicle and went to do the title/tax/reg. It had passed smog within 90 days of the sale, as required in CA, but we did not have the piece of paper from the smog station. We did have the PO's valid registration, tags, and of course in CA the smog check is immediately reported electronically directly to the DMV.
She said that because we didn't also have the printout, and their Smog Check system is not interfaced to their Title/Registration system, we had to fill-out and sign some other forms. (Or, go pay to get it re-tested under my son's name even though it had just passed a month earlier!) So she had to print-out crap from both systems and staple it to this form. Of course this meant getting out of line, which for us meant...make a new appointment and go back 6-8 weeks later, as the lines are typically HOURS long around here with no appt. Long story short, we bought the car in Nov and just got it properly registered under my son's name this week due to this bureaucratic idiocy. |
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