Experiences with getting new title?
 

What’s everyone’s experience with moving from one state to another and the vehicle title?

Seems like every state has different rules.

When my buddy bought a Packard from another state, Georgia refused to issue a Georgia title for the car because it was over 25 years old. Years later he tried to sell it to a buyer in New Jersey and the deal fell through because NJ required a Georgia title.

I’m not selling the car, just registering it in another state (FL).

Most of what I can find online is the buying/selling case, not just a move.

I tried calling the local DMV office in FL and they weren’t any help.

I just want to be sure I’m not creating a problem for myself down the road if I keep the Georgia title and not pursue getting a FL title.

You're asking a Florida question (so I have no idea). Maybe a call to this group might help?

Contact — WE ARE YOUR TITLE EXPERTS!

Florida Fast Title, Inc
6310 N. Nebraska Ave.

Tampa, FL 33604

PH: 813-237-5805

Fax: 813-237-5709

email: karen@floridafasttitle.com

But a quickie internet search suggests that cars over 30 yrs of age might not need titles in FL?

My experience is from 43 years ago when I moved to Oklahoma. Back in those olden days Alabama had no title at all, just a bill of sale. When I moved to Oklahoma and needed new license tags I went to get a tag and they of course asked for a title. I said there is no title, and it was like I dropped the F bomb, everyone went silent. The lady went to a book that looked like a prop from a Harry Potter move, a book that was HUGE. She started flipping through it and found the right page. Yep, no title in Alabama back then. I handed her my bill of sale and of course they got to charge me a title origination fee and a title filing fee.

No help for your situation but to answer your question that is my experience with moving to another state.

Good luck. Nothing more fun that state licensing.

My 911 came from Seattle to San Clemente, and it was a hassle to get it titled because it's a RoW car. The guy I got it from had it titled in Washington state as a collector car. I had an official licensed title/car inspector lady do an inspection on it with the official form, paid her, AAA accepted it, took my money, and gave me my license plates and a temporary registration.

The Ca DMV rejected that and kicked it back to AAA, then they called me to bring it back to them and then THEY inspected it.

DMV rejected that too, so it had to go to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP officer who came out to the parking lot was a Porsche guy, so it took two minutes and done. We talked about the car longer than he looked at the stamping in the chassis.

A lot of hoops to jump through, but RoW cars aren't plated and stickered like USA cars are.

I use one of the title services whenever I'm registering an older car or motorcycle in PA. They charge about $15-20 for the service and it's worth every penny. If they charged $100, I still wouldn't hesitate.

Find a DMV expediter. Totally worth the incremental cost. I bought a Florida 911sc. The VIN on title was missing the first two letters “WP”. I wanted to register the car in New York with the correct VIN. Major brain damage for DMV clerk. Expediter got it done for $175.

this link appears to cover your situation https://www.flhsmv.gov/new-resident/

Moved my cars from CA to WA years ago. No problem but I did have to get them inspected by Washington State Patrol.

It’s still not completely clear to me. It seems to suggest that I would turn in my GA title and be re-issued a FL title. I asked the DMV what they do in the case of old cars and she didn’t seem to know. If they take my GA title, I’d like to make sure I get something back.

That’s good to know. They did say all of the cars have to be physically inspected so you can’t just bring the paperwork.

Never heard of a DMV expediter before. Will have to investigate this further.

Wasn’t familiar with this until today. Thanks!

Just transferred one in Texas. Super easy. Can't imagine Florida being difficult.

Gotta love the grey area! It’s so frustrating when you get ‘opinions’ instead of answers.

Yep. These state-by-state rules are maddening. I’ve talked to cops before and the appropriate way to transport firearms over state lines. So far I haven’t heard the same answer twice.

Did they take your old title and issue you a Texas title?

Tim -- I think we all can agree that the last thing any sane person wants is to take unnecessary trips to the DMV (or try to find somebody on the phone who can give you a straight answer). My advice would be to prepare the packet of info specified in the "For vehicles without a lien" section of the link I provided, take it to the Florida DMV office when you go to get a FL drivers license and register your car for Florida plates and ONLY give it to them AFTER they've satisfied your concern that once you give them the packet of info, you'll get a shiny new Florida title.

Take a high resolution color scan of both sides of your title before you go to the registry. That way, if they take the original, you can print a copy and keep it with your records.
The copy may have a watermark indicating it's a copy, but at least you'll have something. Massachusetts requires a title if an out of state car comes from a title state, or the original copy of the active registration if the car comes from a non-title state. Even Massachusetts, which is a title state, is now using electronic titles, whatever that means.

I can say in my experience registering a CA car here in Texas was easy. Three years ago I went to the tax office and showed bill of sale, CA title with signatures and payed my taxes. The lady kept the title gave me a receipt. I got the title in the mail a week or so later. Again not a lot of help for you in FL but I don't see that they would take registration payment, your title and not issue you a new title in return. Just my $.02.



Ctopher

Had a Utah title from 1991. Hadnt been registered since 1991. Moved to Idaho this year, Went to the DMV, took it, entered everything in had a new title in two weeks ...... Id say its state specific or even DMV person specific.

Georgia does not require a title for vehicles over 25 years old however you can still get a title if the vehicle has one from another state. If the vehicle has been previously registered in Georgia without a title, it can never be titled in Georgia again. Taking a Georgia title to another state and getting a new title should not be a problem.

Ct doesn't issue titles for cars over 25 years old. I sold an 82 911 that was registered to me in Ct to a guy in Fl. Fl would not register the car. I ended up using a title service that somehow got it done
It wasn't terribly expensive but it was a PIA

I just did this in Florida for my 74 and they will issue a new hard copy title. You have to ask because they want to default to electronic title. I made a copy of my out of state title before turning it in just in case. The process went perfectly and a crisp new paper title arrived quickly.

Ask for the collector registration as it is super cheap!

The Florida DMV is great and has their s*** together. Matter of fact, they are so good they tell you the truth up front and call themselves the 'tax collector'

Awesome! I asked if they had criteria for a collector car and they didn’t know that either. She said she hadn’t registered a car that old before. LOL Maybe she was new on the job.

You aren’t by chance in NW Florida? I don’t think there are going to be that many old aircooled cars in my area!

I did this decades ago, moved from NY to FL, dmv, title agents all over the place (unlike Ny and Nj)....in the local strip malls....quick, simple, inexpensive, painless. When I left Florida, moved to NJ, the title process was easy too....

Hi,

Every state has their own rules. Massachusetts titles "everything", they want the $75 bucks they charge you. Many of the states around us don't require titles on vehicles over 20 or 25 yrs old. I have bought several older vehicles (my 1966 911 included) from private sellers in NH. I had no problems titling in MA because the NH owners provided me with a bill of sale and (most important) a previous NH registration. The previous reg has the vehicle VIN on it and is a legitimate legal document from NH. Not sure about Florida, but I know here an old registration goes a long way to legitimizing the transactions.

In your case you should have no problems registering with your old registration, as for the wanting to keep your Georgia title for future use ASK FOR A DUPLICATE TITLE BEFORE YOU MOVE TO FLORIDA. Keep the original and turn in the dup to Florida.

Joe D

I misplaced my Colorado title, and have spent 3 months getting them to send me one. "Supposed" to be here on the 12th. Cue picture of me holding my breath.

GA says I have to register 30 days after I move here. I'm not planning on registering until I have a CO title in hand. My plates are still valid and I have GA insurance. I'm driving the 9 on eggshells.

If and when I register here I plan on keeping the title and old plates on the off chance I don't die in the 9 and want to sell it.

Now South Carolina....ASSHATS just sent me a threatening letter due to my "dropping" SC insurance on my Mercedes.

Well duh MOFOs, I sent you my expired plates, surrendered my SC title to GA and registered it here with the SAME insurance company, SAME policy number.

The letter threatened my narrow white butt with $200 daily fines, confiscation of my vehicle and jail time. Of course there was no telephone number, fax or email in the letter. just a form to have my insurance company fill out and a PO Box to send it to. Yeah, that will happen. One hour on the phone with the lizard people and they claim to be handling it. Holding my breath again.

Jesus, u jess can't fix stoopid.

Tim: Looks like Florida refers to collector cars as "antique vehicles" and requires the car to be at least 30 years old to register as such. See, https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/forms/83045.pdf -- significantly, appears the antique car plate (and waiver of future registration fees) would only be appropriate/applicable if the car is "used only in exhibitions, parades, or public display" -- i.e. isn't driven around.

When I bring a car into Florida from another state, before I can get a Florida title, I have to have a police officer verify the vin and title, not a big deal. They send you a Florida title.
Where in Florida are you moving to?

This is only for vehicles requesting permanent antique registration, as said above "waiver of future registration fees". For regular Antique registration where you keep paying the yearly fee, no such restrictions apply.

Another great thing about the antique registration is that you can run a regular plate, not the IMO ugly antique plate. I did not inquire but you may be able to run one of the many specialty plates also.

The Forgotten Coast (Port St Joe)

I work from my home office and the last kid is graduating so might as well work from the beach.

What’s the advantage of antique registration? Lower annual renewal fees?

I don’t *think* they’ll give you a hard time about not registering in 30 days but GA DMV is electronic and they can be ***hats about stuff.

My daughter was in a minor accident once. She gave the cop her proof of insurance. Of course the VIN on the insurance card and the car matched. BUT in the GA DMV insurance DB, the VIN was entered incorrectly by one character by the insurance company. You would think common sense would prevail here but the cop impounded the car!

I made the insurance company pay the towing and impound fees.

Anyway, good luck with getting it registered & titled here.

I’m going to be switching the CIS to EFI & ITBs before we move. I replaced the exhaust so have a new valance. Getting rid of the big bumperettes so need to weld up the holes and repaint it all.

I always make sure the VIN is entered correctly as the 9 is a grey market vehicle. EVERY time I'm doing a registration or insurance change or update they bust my balls as it does not conform to US specs. It does have the 17 digits but WPOZZZ freaks out the computers.

I have two Carfax files because someone back in the day confused a 0 for an O.

Yes sir, Lower renewal fees
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I have been looking around various hot rods/tbuckets as a toy. Some are projects with no title, so I looked into what it would take to get a title for a project car in OH. Yeah, F that. Nightmare. Many people resort to buying out of state titles, which can actually get you arrested for fraud.

Vintage/Antique plates. Not a deal here in GA. It's like a Vanity plate, extra bucks per year and only one year. In CO, it was a five year registration, lower per year fee but you still had to pass the sniffer. at renewal time.

In CA, one year, distinctive plate and driving restrictions. Exempt only in older than 1976.

With all the caveats on the YOM plates here in GA, I'm leaning towards the cheapo single year Georgia Peach units. They hosed me on the ML350 registration, so might as well not give them anymore on the 9.

A antique plate in PA means a one time registration fee, good for life and no inspection.

Running a YOM plate in GA doesn’t cost any money.