Pay Sales Tax In Two States?

rockhillmanor wrote:

DownTheAvenue wrote:
I am an attorney, .....And thirdly, just drive your vehicle and the trailer home with the seller's Florida license plate. NO one will question the Florida license plate, and it is not probable cause for an officer to stop you. Unless you have an accident and the police question the different state license plates ...

Glad you are not my attorney.

I live in Florida and it would be a cold day in hell that I would ever let anyone pull away with an RV I just sold with my plates still on it.

And telling a client that is legal 'unless' you get in an accident??? :R

Here is the problem for the OP: Florida will not issue him a temporary license plate unless he pays Florida sales tax. West Virginia does not recognize and will not credit him the tax he paid in Florida. How to avoid paying tax twice? Easy answer: drive the vehicle home with the seller's license plate on the vehicle. The OP MUST be sure he has his own liability insurance on the vehicle while he drives it. The OP SHOULD be sure he has his own collision and comprehensive insurance on the vehicle while he drives it. There is no probable cause for any law enforcement officer to stop him, and the only way anyone would know the Florida license plate does not belong to the OP is if he were stopped for another violation, was in a wreck, or drove through a "sobriety checkpoint" or other such roadblocks conducted in some states where they ask for driver's license, proof of insurance, and registration. What are the chances of any of that happening?

If I were the OP, I would drive the RV home to West Virginia with the seller's Florida license plate. The risk would be worth the reward.

TO rockhillmanor: Too bad you did not read the very first of my post where I clearly stated this is NOT advice I would give my client. And no where did I ever state it is legal unless you get in an accident.
The seller has agreed to let the OP drive home to West Virginia with the Florida license plate attached to the vehicle. The fact that you would not make that same decision does not alter in any way this conversation. The seller is not the OP.

AGAIN, FOR ME THE RISK WOULD BE WORTH THE REWARD. I just used my legal knowledge to know that the OP will not be routinely stopped and the likelihood of any law enforcement officer discovering the issue is almost non-existent. The OP MUST be properly insured however.

One more time, for me, THE RISK IS WORTH THE REWARD.