Some Iowa MH owners facing big tax problems.

Bumpyroad wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Is having an out of state license plate legal grounds for an officer to ask for your registration documents and gather information as to the ownership of a vehicle? I would say there might be a problem with probable cause. They say they are going to be going to patrol Iowa football games and the like. How are they going to determine if the owner of that RV registered in Montana lives in Iowa, or Michigan , or New Jersy, or heaven forbid, actually Montana. If they run the license plate and it is registered to a Montana LLC, they will have no information as to where the members of that LLC have residence. Are they going to be knocking on doors and demanding driver's licenses and the residency documents? And what happens if you answer that knock and tell them to pound sand? You aren't driving and you aren't on a public road, what right do they have to start questioning your residency? Sounds like a lot of sabre rattling without the ability to have a true sword fight.

I think if they find an expensive motorhome with Montana plates tailgating at an Iowa football game and run the plate and find it is registered to a Montana LLC, they probably will stick around after the game and have a chat with the owner/driver.
bumpy

That may be what they plan on doing, but is it legal to target out of state license plate vehicles for extra scrutiny by law enforcement? I know it has been ruled that it is illegal to stop a vehicle on the highway for drug searches if the only probable cause is an out of state license plate. I would think the same principle would apply for questioning vehicle owners for tax evasion when the only probable cause is a Montana License Plate.