Lifan pony 100
The Notary will generally add at least their title processing fee of $50 and whatever fees for any other paperwork. But your fees for title, plate, and sales tax will be sent. You may have paid with a check or w/ credit card thru the Notary. The Notary gets his or her official information from the bulletin. You can point to DOT and EPA and NTHSA websites all day long. Or in rare cases, approve your application. If not, then all your paperwork, proof of insurance and payment get sent to the state's Special Services Unit where it can take 6 weeks for them to deny your application.
They will pull out the above document and if your bike is on the approved list, congrats. Or something pops up on their computer to alert them. The nice Notary takes your paperwork, gives you some additional forms and notices the L VIN. Here's what happens: You take your MSO to the notary/registration service facility. The PA bulletin is where plate issuing agents get their info, and 2012 is the most recent time L VINS were discussed in the official PA bulletin. If you need to see a newer link than 2008, here's an official PA Bulletin from 2012. If you send our DMV a payment, it will be cashed. At worst, in my personal experience, they cash your check and deny you. I have tried titling EPA and DOT certified Chinese bikes within the last 2 yrs, I can tell you in my first hand experience that PA DMV doesn't operate the way you say they "SHOULD". PA "SHOULD" title and plate Chinese bikes w/o a problem. In this case, it's actually you who are misrepresenting. I find a lot of humor in all the misrepresenting…. That makes sense since all dealership get licenses based on them actually having a service center and technician. Some states, so I have heard, like New Jersey will not title vehicles for out of state dealers, they require that any new vehicle titled in the state have a dealership in that state. The reason that does not happen is because it cost more and the only reason it is not done that way. Point is that if it is legal to sell in the USA it is legal in all 50 states. The dealer in Texas could title the bike there in Texas to the dealership and then if it had a Texas title it only then needs to be transferred to a PA title. I still cannot image any one paying fees for nothing “Hundreds of extra fees”. If PA refuses to title it then they would have to have a specific reason and there would have to be a specific law to justify that, to the best of my knowledge there is none.Īccording to the article PA is only enforcing federal laws, based on that post the Hawk is not legal for some reason to sell in the USA.
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PA and some others do and as long as the vehicle meets federal regulations you can get a title for it and then a license plate. Many of the manufactures selling Chinese made models, did so without meeting federal regulations, many states never bothered to check. That vehicle has an EPA certificate as well, that is totally different, but also can be verified online with the EPA. The “special unit” in Harrisburg, according to the article, check the VIN with the database of the NHSTA, you can do that yourself, and here is the database online.įederal Regulations require that all manufactures selling vehicle in the US submit documents to the NHSTA, Lifan had, so as long as they have there is no reason that your motorcycle cannot be titled.Īs long as it has a label on it stating it meets all FMVSS and the manufacturer submitted the required documents. According to this article PA sends all the application for a title in PA that are made in China to Harrisburg, according to this article in dealer news dated 2008, so its old news.