Pay Sales Tax In Two States?

spoon059 wrote:

WTP-GC wrote:
Have the owner sign over the title, issue a bill of sale, remove their tag and drive away. If you get pulled over for not having a tag, provide the LEO with insurance proof, bill of sale and title. You'll be well on your way as long as there's nothing else funky.

rockhillmanor wrote:
2. Get an explicit 'bill of sale'. Date, time, amount of sale, description and vin of RV. AND then BOTH of you sign it. Seller and buyer.

That is all a cop needs to see if you are stopped.

They will let you go on your merry way providing you aren't an escaped convict, that your registration/drivers license are all up to date and it is not 6 months after the date of the bill of sale! :W

NO... I cannot say no loud enough. This is poor advice. Driving an unregistered vehicle is illegal in every state and opens you up to a citation and impoundment of the vehicle. Towing a trailer is expensive. Then the OP won't be able to provide ownership until he gets the new title in WV, which he likely won't be able to get without a physical inspection of the trailer in WV.

Trust me... the OP wants to have valid tags and insurance on the vehicle before he tows it.

...and then there's this guy :R:R:R

DownTheAvenue wrote:
I am an attorney...just drive your vehicle and the trailer home with the seller's Florida license plate...The absolute worst scenario is you get a ticket for not towing a properly licensed trailer.

DownTheAvenue wrote:

Agreed, this is very poor advice.

Followed by an attorney with conflicting statements.

I've received a citation in the past for not having proper registration (on a vehicle with a 4 month expired tag...LOL). If I remember correctly, it was somewhere to the tune of $150, but providing proper registration docs at the courthouse reduced it to somewhere around $25. Driving without a tag is akin to driving without registration. Paying tax in FL at a rate of 6% for, say, a $10,000 RV would equal $600. So I can do the math...

As stated by myself and others who have done this before on many occasions, just make sure the title, bill of sale and all insurances are in order and move along. Assuming there's no other nefarious situation, your vehicle will not be impounded.