Posted: 6/9/2008 1:33:29 PM EDT
| Looks like I will be staying here in Oregon so I need to get a Oregon driver's license. My car is registered at my folk's in Wyoming, can I leave it registered there or do I have to register it here in Oregon? I already know it will not pass DEQ here nor will it ever be able to. Are there any problems with leaving it registered in Wyoming that I can get in trouble for? |
The Oregon DMV has a pretty good website. Here are some links to get you started. As far as I know, smog tests are required in the Rogue Valley area and the Portland Metro area. The DMV site will give you more details. www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/vehicle/titlereg.shtml www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/new2or/moving.shtml |
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One question for ya might be where do you consider your perm address? If it is with your parents in wym then leave it registered there. Or maybe think if it this way who owns the car? If it is your parents and they are lowning it to you then it should be registered in the owners state? Look at comercial fleets they rarely register cars in the state that they used they are registered in a state where the tax/fees are beneficial to them. See if you can find a u-haul truck in the state of oregon that is registered in the state of oregon? Only one I have ever seen was on a one way trip here and we sent it on a one way trip out of state. And I worked for them for 6 months. Maybe the question should be what does the DEQ want you to do and what does the DEQ require you do by law? Hope that help your thought processes if nothing else. one brain dead soon to be college grad Steven |
Thanks for those thoughts, I am with you on the brain dead college grad thing  I really would prefer to leave it registered in Wyoming so perhaps if I add my dad to the title (I own the car outright) I can just leave it registered at that address and say it's my dad's and I am using it. I honestly would register it here but it simply will not pass emissions in this this state and where I am living requires it. |
Here ya go:Oregon revised Statutes - Chapter 803 of the Vehicle Code I cut and pasted the pertinent parts here...
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In my own experiance, in Oregon they act like they don't even want my money, the DMV makes me jump through hoops just to register a car here. You have to PROVE to them that you live here. Whereas, in California, they froze my fathers bank account while he was moving up here, he had registered his car here while still trying to sell his home there. (Owned a home in each state) One day his checks start bouncing, he knew he had $350,000 in the bank, he calls the bank "WTF?", they say "yeah, the California department of revinue froze your account", turns out they had 1 anonomous phone call saying they saw him getting mail at his PO box. CHP checked it out and found out he owned a home there, so they froze everything he owned untill they got it straightened out. It fealt like that movie "Enemy of the State." 
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