Grant, he is talking about the safety inspection sticker and the personal
property tax sticker. Maybe a parking sticker too. Any local or state
police in VA would be concerned with the inspection sticker, but the
personal property might only concern the local county police. Not sure if
the state cares about it. Not having the PP sticker is a big fine.
Personal Property tax is a hot issue in VA, the current governer won his
election (beating the incumbent) almost solely on the platform of elimiating
the PP tax. But his multi-year phaseout is running into trouble.
On your GTS, you would probably spend about $175-250 a year on PP, and that
is on top of the yearly inspection fee and license fees. I am not sure what
the current rates are for PP for motor vehicles, but I used to do the
programming for PP and Real Estate taxes for Alexandria about 15 years ago.
We regularly sent out PP bills for $750-1500 for Mercedes, Rolls, Porche
etc.
Maryland does not have any of that b.s., we just have higher real estate
taxes !!
-----Original Message-----
From: grant gall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: First post & query
Again, this sticker Bull*&% seems overkill to me.
No offense Ken, but if you are from out of state, the cop should be able to
read
your plate. Besides, aren't they or shouldn't they be interested in the
fact that
you actually have a plate first, then go looking for the silly stickers.
Grant Gall - thanking our political leaders that they have not thought of
this
here.
>
>
> Greetings Randy
> In Virginia your yearly inspection sticker has to be visible. That is
it
> must be on the left side of the motorcycle. In a car it has to be
generally
> in the lowest center of the windshield, per state law. It has to be
attached
> to the vehicle which cannot be easily removed on motorcycles. Such as the
> front forks. Lately a lot of people have been placing them on metal
plates.
> This is a gray area. However if this is attached that you can show that
it
> would take a lot of disassembly must officers will not question it. Been
> there done that. The main thing is that it's location allows an officer
to
> see it without having to look for it. Also that it can be seen and read
by
> an officer in traffic from their patrol car.
> As for your local jurisdiction property tax sticker it has to be
visible
> as above. Per most local laws to the right next to the inspection sticker
on
> car windshields. In most cases this sticker is usually not looked at
except
> for local jurisdiction police. However if you go through a road check
both
> should be in a place whereas the officer does not have to ask you where it
> is. They should be able to see it to make a determination that it is
valid.
> On the GTS I have one on the front shock housing and the other on the
> left side of the rear swing arm. My philosophy is I don't get upset that
it
> will look bad or interfere with a piece of custom chrome. I do have a
> Harley. I figure that if they can see it from their car then they don't
need
> to waste their time and mine because it is hidden. I would rather let
them
> spend more time going after more serious crimes than having to hassle over
a
> sticker. If in another state it's visibility will show them that you are
not
> from there and then they do not have to go after you because they think
you
> are a local not complying with their laws.
> Feel free to contact me directly to my email address we might be able
to
> ride together or know mutual friends. It's nice to know that another
> Virginian has a GTS.
>
> Ken Swartz
> Lynchburg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
