Will this work?

[thatK30guy]

Long story short: I haven't driven my '85 K30 for about 2 years. I stopped insurance and didn't pay for tags during these 2 years it sat idle.
I need to get this truck out of storage and moved back to my home to make room in the shed for the new '87 V30 coming home in just under 2 weeks.

My situation is, I have to tag and insure the '85 if I want to park it at home. The city won't allow non-tagged or insured vehicles on your property.
I will have to pay back-taxes for the past 2 years I didn't pay for. I was wondering if I had my buddy make a bill-of-sale to me (pretending I sold the truck to him and now I bought it back from him) and I use this paper to go tag the truck so I won't have to pay the back taxes.
Buddy would just say he had the truck but never drove it let alone tag or insure it.

Would I be able to use a bill-of-sale from him to just pay current taxes and not the past 2 years?

 

[dbabicky]

Where in the heck do live that you would have to pay back taxes on a vehicle you haven't driven, or registered for 2 years? Besides, you paid sales tax on the truck the first time you titled and registered it. Wow, I'd move !!! I can let a vehicles plates run out and let it set for 10 years, just pay for current plates and drive it.

 

[jimbob91]

My state, KY, somebody would end up paying the back taxes..... Either you or your buddy. Call your local courthouse (or DMV), and just ask. You don't have to tell them who you are.....

BTW, I lived in Wisconsin a couple of times (total of six years), and yes, Wisconsin has about as good a deal as anywhere on what you can and can't get away with with auto taxes of any kind.

 

[79rustyk10]

must be california or somewhere just as evil. Here you just have to buy the tags, or sometimes plates if they run out. It dosent matter how long they have been expired. I myself wouldnt do the fake bill of sale idea, seems like they could consider it tax fraud or something.

 

[jonathon]

He's in Kansas..

We've got it good in Washington.. even though the whore of a governor circumvented our voted in $30 car tabs we are still only paying $50-60 per year to register, and no back fees for letting it lapse.

 

[bp71k5]

In CA, the last buyer is stuck for any fees that went unpaid during those two years. That would mean you'd still have to pay the fees, and maybe even sales tax when you bought the truck back from your buddy.

 

[toomany]

Around here if you let the plate expire it's $15 extra to get new tags. Don't matter how long they've been bad. 1 day or 10 years...still $15.

As for the OP, if your city won't allow non-tagged/insured vehicles on your property. I'd be packing up and moving.

 

[plumber mike]

You could keep it at my place. Or you could sell it to me and end your storage/tax problems This is one of the big reasons I moved somewhere zoned park/forest rather than residential. I like my junk.

 

[GsxrMike]

The property tax shouldn't be that much. I would just pay it...

 

[AUK5]

Makes me love Alabama. I was working on my truck and it was not drivable and when i was at ocs so the truck wasn't on the road for 3 months. When i went to renew my tag they gave me a discount because it wasn't on the road. Ended up paying like 35 bucks or something