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I don't know about California, but in Washington state when you register a car that was previously registered in another state, you have to provide proof that y

I don't know about California, but in Washington state when you register a car that was previously registered in another state, you have to provide proof that you paid sales tax on it, and you have to pay a use tax if you can't do that. Presumably CA would just apply an identical use tax to cars purchased in any state without their standard. Now, sure, some people could dodge the system, but they don't really matter: the point is to make it inconvenient enough for automakers that they only produce vehicles meeting the CA standard.

Mountain_Skies 7y ago
In Georgia it doesn't matter what taxes you paid in the state your moving from, you still must pay a title tax on the current market value of your vehicles.
Rebelgecko 7y ago
It's similar in CA. If you register a car from out of state, California still gets a cut. And California typically doesn't let you register cars from elsewhere that don't meet CA emissions standards (aka cars that have an "EPA" sticker under the hood but not a "CARB" one)
- nivenhuh 7y ago
  Not true. You can register cars purchased out of state, that are non-carb compliant. See exemptions page: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffvr29 https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast...
  - Rebelgecko 7y ago
    Most of the exceptions are pretty big life events (divorce, death of a relative, military PCS). That why I said "typically" in my comment, it's not something you can really do at-will
tzs 7y ago
> I don't know about California, but in Washington state when you register a car that was previously registered in another state, you have to provide proof that you paid sales tax on it, and you have to pay a use tax if you can't do that ...and if you DID pay sales tax on it, but the rate is lower than the Washington use tax, you have to pay the difference. Funny story about this. My Constitutional Law professor at the University of Washington School of Law had been at or near the top of his class at Harvard or Yale or whichever top law school he went to, then clerked at the Supreme Court. So he was pretty well versed in Constitutional law. Then he accepted the position at UW, hoped into his newly purchased car, and headed cross country to Seattle. Washington's sales/use tax was considerably higher than that of whatever state he came from...and when he was told he had to pay the difference, he was outraged, and was sure this had to be unconstitutional. He was quite surprised when he hit the UW law library to research this and found out that it was legal.

Mountain_Skies 7y ago

In Georgia it doesn't matter what taxes you paid in the state your moving from, you still must pay a title tax on the current market value of your vehicles.

Rebelgecko 7y ago

It's similar in CA. If you register a car from out of state, California still gets a cut. And California typically doesn't let you register cars from elsewhere that don't meet CA emissions standards (aka cars that have an "EPA" sticker under the hood but not a "CARB" one)

nivenhuh 7y ago
Not true. You can register cars purchased out of state, that are non-carb compliant. See exemptions page: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffvr29 https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast...
- Rebelgecko 7y ago
  Most of the exceptions are pretty big life events (divorce, death of a relative, military PCS). That why I said "typically" in my comment, it's not something you can really do at-will

tzs 7y ago

> I don't know about California, but in Washington state when you register a car that was previously registered in another state, you have to provide proof that you paid sales tax on it, and you have to pay a use tax if you can't do that ...and if you DID pay sales tax on it, but the rate is lower than the Washington use tax, you have to pay the difference. Funny story about this. My Constitutional Law professor at the University of Washington School of Law had been at or near the top of his class at Harvard or Yale or whichever top law school he went to, then clerked at the Supreme Court. So he was pretty well versed in Constitutional law. Then he accepted the position at UW, hoped into his newly purchased car, and headed cross country to Seattle. Washington's sales/use tax was considerably higher than that of whatever state he came from...and when he was told he had to pay the difference, he was outraged, and was sure this had to be unconstitutional. He was quite surprised when he hit the UW law library to research this and found out that it was legal.