Re: Antique or special registration plate laws in other states
Posted by BH On 2009/8/6 7:57:42
Chuck -
The Commonwealth of PA can be a PIA to deal with, but getting antique registration shouldn't be too much of a problem. As an upgrade from a regular (PA) title, there's no notary work reuired at this stage. So, if you have the required paperwork, pix, and payment, you can simply take it all to your state congressman's local office and they will send it in for you, and you'll have the tag and title in a matter of weeks.
As I acquired each of my cars, I had the title work done without registering the car at all, but received a receipt as proof of my payment of the states sales tax. Later, after I had gone through the car mechanically (for piece of mind) and detailed it, I took the photos and applied for antique registration. Mind you, none of my Packards are trophy winners, but each cleaned up well enough to pass muster - though I didn't take the sharpest photos.
However, "the powers that be" were too picky about one of my Chevies, rejecting it for a rust spot on one door. I didn't have time to play their game and fix it and resubmit the app with new photos, and just said to hell with it. Now that PA has gone to a boring mainstream design with an image of some Oldsmobile from the Vintage era, I won't bother with antique plates anymore. (Bring back the purple plate!) I might consider YOM plates for antiques if PA goes that way, but that just begs the question of why they bothered going with that new uniform, yet "fugly", design in the first place.
Yet, I digress.
If you are trying to continue with PA antiques plates that were on the vehicle under the previous owner, you will have to get a signed release from that previous owner to use that same plate; unfortunately, a new set of four (current) photos will be required.
The only problem I can think of that you might have, then, would be if the car had PA antique plates earlier than the first previous owner, but that owner didn't have them transferred. At that point, you should be back to square one - applying for antique plates with a regular title - and will get a new antique tag.
Hope this helps.
The Commonwealth of PA can be a PIA to deal with, but getting antique registration shouldn't be too much of a problem. As an upgrade from a regular (PA) title, there's no notary work reuired at this stage. So, if you have the required paperwork, pix, and payment, you can simply take it all to your state congressman's local office and they will send it in for you, and you'll have the tag and title in a matter of weeks.
As I acquired each of my cars, I had the title work done without registering the car at all, but received a receipt as proof of my payment of the states sales tax. Later, after I had gone through the car mechanically (for piece of mind) and detailed it, I took the photos and applied for antique registration. Mind you, none of my Packards are trophy winners, but each cleaned up well enough to pass muster - though I didn't take the sharpest photos.
However, "the powers that be" were too picky about one of my Chevies, rejecting it for a rust spot on one door. I didn't have time to play their game and fix it and resubmit the app with new photos, and just said to hell with it. Now that PA has gone to a boring mainstream design with an image of some Oldsmobile from the Vintage era, I won't bother with antique plates anymore. (Bring back the purple plate!) I might consider YOM plates for antiques if PA goes that way, but that just begs the question of why they bothered going with that new uniform, yet "fugly", design in the first place.
Yet, I digress.
If you are trying to continue with PA antiques plates that were on the vehicle under the previous owner, you will have to get a signed release from that previous owner to use that same plate; unfortunately, a new set of four (current) photos will be required.
The only problem I can think of that you might have, then, would be if the car had PA antique plates earlier than the first previous owner, but that owner didn't have them transferred. At that point, you should be back to square one - applying for antique plates with a regular title - and will get a new antique tag.
Hope this helps.
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