forgot to mention we are buying 132 acres in w.v. ready to retire end of next year . PREPPING TO BUG OUT OF THE NORTHEAST
Georgie,
Sorry to hear of this. You may have the most expedient way of solving the problem, but it will be effecting others too. Have you contacted your state legislators yet?
The US Constitution REQUIRES each individual state to recognize deeds and licenses and such from other states. That's what keeps this whole bunch of 50 territories functioning together.
Why should
I be able to drive my deuce & 1/2 in Delaware (because of reciprocity laws), but you can't - even though
you vote there and pay taxes there?
MORE IMPORTANTLY, we discovered the MilSPEC documents that established that most tired military vehicles were built to military specs that were the same as FMVSS. That court case may be helpful. I'll add a link.
MIL-STD-1180-RevB
http://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-1100-1299/MIL-STD-1180B_22183/
See how your legislators feel about you buying a vehicle that's legal in the other 49 US states (plus most countries throughout the world), but your DMV doesn't recognize that.
I was in the fight here in Wisc. from more or less the beginning. I'd be happy to share any insights and information with you (or whomever is going to take on the fight in DE). I'll pm you my telephone and email info.
Registration is the responsibility of each individual state, so this depends on the laws in your state and how they are interpreted. But any vehicle over 25 years old is already exempted from federal requirements for FMVSS (safety standards).
Good luck.
2nd edit:
Look up Wisconsin Department of Administration, Div. of Hearings and Appeals, Case # TR-11-0016 here:
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/documents/dha/Decisions/DOT/2011/110016.pdf
We lost the appeal, but got the case reopened when we found the MilSPEC document, and the final is here:
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/documents/dha/Decisions/DOT/2012/110016.pdf
19 Month fight over a 1985 Chevy D-10 Blazer, but we won.
Print off those decisions, and take them along to your legislators office.
Have at 'er!