Since the Commando is about to be back on the road I am having to get my legal ducks in a row. I have already activated insurance on it, and now I need to get the tag squared away. It still has the old tag on it; i basically just quit paying taxes on it when I changed the insurance down to the minimum level. The last time I was at the DMV I asked about what I would need to do about the Jeep and was basically told that I would need to pay years of back taxes to get it current and receive a new tag sticker.
But, I know that if I bought a Jeep that had sat in a barn for 30 years and wanted to get it on the road I wouldn't have to pay 30 years of back taxes. So what's my best course of action here? Do I transfer the title to my wife's name and only pay 1 year of tax? Or do I have a simple option to get a new tag or to sign something saying it hasn't been on the road in however many years?
But, I know that if I bought a Jeep that had sat in a barn for 30 years and wanted to get it on the road I wouldn't have to pay 30 years of back taxes. So what's my best course of action here? Do I transfer the title to my wife's name and only pay 1 year of tax? Or do I have a simple option to get a new tag or to sign something saying it hasn't been on the road in however many years?