In Florida any state LEO can do a VIN verification - I had one of our school district security guys do one once for me! We also have community resource officers in the county who will do it at their leisure, all you have to do is call their office and ask them to come by. That's how I got the 300E done, as I wasn't driving it and I needed the VIN verified to get it titled and tagged.
Indiana used to do the excise tax thing, based on the value of the car - I don't think they do it anymore, as I don't recall getting gouged on our cars when I lived there a few yard ago. Back in the day when I was growing up there, I never owned anything new enough to get dinged with the fees - I was always at the bottom of the table, so I think I paid something like $25 for my tags. Dan On Apr 8, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Dieselhead wrote: > I had to go to the state snooper's cop shop (70 miles away) for a VIN > verification when I took a vehicle into WI to license. at the time WI was > something like $25 a yr for license. The next year they changed to something > like $90 a year flat rate. At the same time, I was paying $13 or $16 a year > for MB 110 Diesels in a joining state, based on depreciation. A new car was > hundreds there for license, but I took advantage of the depreciated rate by > driving mostly old vehicles. > > > >> Actually, Florida is one of the saner states I have lived in as far as the >> DMV is concerned. The only one I can think of that was better was Wisconsin. >> >> Indiana was patronage job heaven (the DMV used to be run by the governor's >> political party) and California was a total nightmare to try and navigate if >> you had anything out of the ordinary. >> >> As for the VIN verification issue, the only time you have to do it is when >> the title is being transferred in from out of state. If it's Florida car or >> a new car, VIN verification is not required. >> >> Dan >> >> Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Florida is South of the mountains. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> California likes cars but hates polluters. So there are no safety >>>>> inspections and no strict tag requirements. Reserve your judgement of >>>>> whackos to the Northeast on down to Virginia (and don't forget that >>>>> Florida >>>>> is basically the Northeast without snow). >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Florida is east of the Appalachians last time I checked. >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
