<VV> Registering an old car from New York in California

[Ken Wildman]

At 11:45 PM 9/7/04 -0400, AeroNed@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 9/7/2004 4:29:31 PM Central Standard Time,
>pkw@peachgrove.com writes:
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>Why does  this have to be so difficult?
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>Because CA is the illogical bureaucratic capital of the world...
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Perhaps you're placing the blame in the wrong direction.  Because it is so 
easy to "re-title" cars in some states - Alabama comes to mind - there are 
services that do this as their main source of income.  That's a situation 
that opens many possibilities of fraud, etc.

California is being very careful about legitimatizing titles on cars that 
could possibly be stolen, chopped, or re-built from salvaged 
"totals".  There may be better, or more efficient, ways to accomplish this 
- but one theory is that a few hurdles may discourage the unethical.

Just another pov.

Ken