Re: re-title an EV (was: E.V. tax deduction)

[Lee Hart <leeahart@earthlink.net>]

Mason Convey wrote:
> How does one go about [retitling a vehicle]?

Call your local department of motor vehicles. Tell them you are
rebuilding/restoring a car. Some parts are new, some are used from other
cars, and some (like the EV parts) never were on a car before. Ask them
for the proceedure for issuing a new title.

If Arizona is like the 3 states I've lived in (Michigan, New York, and
Minnesota), they will have a retitling proceedure. It gets used for
restored antiques that never had a title, cars being ressurected from a
junkyard after being totalled, vehicles being heavily modified (like
motor homes or hot rods), cases where the title was lost or destroyed,
etc.

You'll probably have to provide bills of sale, receipts, and serial
numbers for key parts to show that you have them legitimately (not
stolen). There will be an inspection form that needs to be completed by
some official certifying that it has all necessary equipment (brakes,
lights, wipers, seat belts, etc.) and that it is structurally sound.
Then, they'll issue you a new title, with a new registration number. It
becomes a new car!

Warning: Making it "new" may also mean you will pay a lot more for
insurance and registration. You may need to add equipment that was never
on the car when first built (like a left-side rearview mirror, or center
brake light). But you won't have to meet *federal* standards (air bags,
etc.); just your particular *state* standards which are a lot simpler.
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