peterxxl
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 Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:28 am Post subject: Vermont registration/title & alternatives, if any? |
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I am trying to figure out fastest and cheapest way to get the title for my bus so I can travel abroad with it.
I am not U.S. citizen so maybe I don't understand the process/laws completely - please correct me if something is wrong
I am located in Philadelphia, PA at the moment. Bus is drivable.
UZI (Gibbs) and others recommended this Vermont to Pennsylvania way.
If I get it, it goes like this:
1 - register the bus in Vermont by mail - no title needed for old cars - pay quite a steep tax based on the value from some appraisal catalog
2 - transfer registration to PA (out-of-state) and get new title from PA
Step one should take about 2 weeks if it doesn't get rejected.
Step two I don't know how long it takes.
Problems for me with this scenario:
Time - I only have about 15 days left, doing it by mail take about 2 weeks
Residence - I read on PA DMV that they require PA ID for out-of-state registration/title transfers - that's a no go for me
Money - Vermont charges steep tax for their registration
IDEA: doing the Vermont registration on the ground:
- someone mentioned on this forum, that if I go to Vermont myself and get the bus appraised by dealer on the ground, I can use this as evidence for the tax calculation. I am assuming dealer is not gonna appraise the bus anywhere near $10000 which seems to be the value Vermont is using in mailed in applications
- I am in Philly, so Vermont is not too far from here
- things might be faster to do in person than mailing in - correct me if my thinking is wrong
- mail-in application requires a check - I can only pay with credit card or cash
Which state to transfer the registration to without being a resident and get a new title?
- PA requires PA issued ID
- I only have valid passport and I have U.S. SSN from years back when I worked on a summer camp on Work&Holiday visas - I don't have U.S. drivers license from any state unfortunately
- is there a state with lenient laws near the East Coast for out-of-the state registration transfers?
Any other way to produce a valid title under my name in reasonable time and cost for a bus which doesn't have any paperwork and last registration was probably decades ago?
Thanks for your input
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