California registration saga

BeermanMW said:
I had the same experience when going through the Montana LLC route, Everything can be done by mail however when I brought the MV20 vin verification form to the CHP they told me they can't touch any out of state forms.

I ended up driving to Montana and making a nice road trip out of if it. Once I was there I called the Montana Sherriff's department and they dispatched an officer out to meet me. He was there in 20 min, filled out the MV20 which I then brought to the registered agent along with the rest of my paperwork .....within a few hours they emailed me temporary plates. A few weeks later I got the permanent Montana plates in the mail.

Montana was such a pleasure to deal with compared to California highly recommend it!
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Question for you, I have my LLC set up and have all the paperwork filled out. I am missing the customs stamp on the 7501 form , and was told by the broker, and seller that they don’t use them anymore. Did you have a stamp on that form when you delivered your paperwork?
 
Yes I did have to send them a stamped form. The paperwork they gave me at the port when I picked up the car didn’t have the stamp but then I called the importer (Schumacher) and they were able to fed ex me the stamped 7501 form.
 
BeermanMW said:
Yes I did have to send them a stamped form. The paperwork they gave me at the port when I picked up the car didn’t have the stamp but then I called the importer (Schumacher) and they were able to fed ex me the stamped 7501 form.
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Very Nice, thanks for the reply. Guess I’m gonna have to figure something out then, i also took it down to the customs port today and the officer would not stamp it. I don‘t think he really understood the situation.
 
ronsjc said:
Has anyone in SoCal successfully received one of these stickers from a Mitsubishi Dealership? I could take the Van to NorCal after Christmas if that's the only place that has been successful.
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After chatting with a handful of dealerships in the SoCal area and then the Daly City location... Daly City said they are the only place to get this sticker. I talked to Alfredo, Stacey, the lady others have mentioned is no longer there.
 
spaceshredder said:
After chatting with a handful of dealerships in the SoCal area and then the Daly City location... Daly City said they are the only place to get this sticker. I talked to Alfredo, Stacey, the lady others have mentioned is no longer there.
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Doesn't matter anymore. I have the sticker from Daly City Mitsubishi and my van still got sent to Technical Compliance Section and they said that sticker is not valid and not what they are looking for even after the fact that I explained to them it has worked for others and etc.

Problem is that CA does not recognize the 25 year rule. All foreign vehicles are considered Grey market regardless of age.

I spoken with CARB, BAR, Smog ref techs, etc...all said 49 state, you would be fine. Only in CA.
 
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