On airplanes '94 and older, New Mexico charges $.01 a lb. Therefore the coupe costs $14.50 a year. When I lived in Colorado, they just charged 3% sales tax, but no yearly tax.
You can't register your airplane just anywhere, especially if you insure it. First, the states get a listing from the FAA, and the registration with the FAA requires not only a mailing address for the owner, but a physical location of the where the aircraft is garaged and directions to it's location if no address is available. I assume the lack of accurate information is a violation of FAR's and therefore an excuse for the insurance company to refuse a claim. But then they wouldn't refuse a claim on a technicality would they?!! BTW a local pilot just had a forced landing (no injuries) and will probably have his claim refused because he was 20 days out on his BFR. I looked at mine and although in the past year I have had over 10 hours of dual getting certified in make and model, I was 8 months out of BFR. From now on, any time I get dual I intend to have the CFI update my BFR entry. Seems to me if they are willing to sign off competancy in make and model, they should be willing to sign off competancy in general. Check your BFR! One last item in the long list of rules our wonderful FAA has placed on us: You don't have to have a transponder if you don't enter certain types of control zones but IF YOU HAVE ONE you must have had it checked in the past 2 years. Now if I were a conspiracy nut, I would assume that each time the government gets an idea, the insurance companys make sure there are enough forgettable rules that they would always have an excuse not to pay a claim. Dick in NM.
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