Easiest state to change registration to RV

[Oonrahnjay]

That varies from state to state also about a CDL OK or AZ does not have RV plates ,my Eagle had OK plates for years and the title said Eagle Bus ,in OK you can run commercial plates on your auto or pickup and they are cheaper than regular plates only difference is the insurance has a higher limit.In Ok they have a tag agency on every corner I don't ever remember ever going to a DMV you got the transfer, title ,plates and paid taxes at the mom and pop tag agencies  

     In North Carolina, if the title says "HC", you run normal passenger car plates.  If you use it for commercial purposes, I suppose it gets complicated but if it's not commercial, it's pretty simple.

[windtrader]

     In North Carolina, if the title says "HC", you run normal passenger car plates.  If you use it for commercial purposes, I suppose it gets complicated but if it's not commercial, it's pretty simple.

Not complicated at all. Insure as a HC, have paid passengers, get in a wreck. SO simple to find out uncomplicated it all is.

[Jim Blackwood]

Why would you have any paid passengers if it's an RV?
Anybody know how it's done in Ohio?

Jim

[richard5933]

This thread is confusing to me.

Why not just register the bus in the state where you and/or your son live?

As far as what's required in each state, a simple online search will be able to solve that mystery since all the rules/regs are online now.

[eagle19952]

This thread is confusing to me.

Why not just register the bus in the state where you and/or your son live?

As far as what's required in each state, a simple online search will be able to solve that mystery since all the rules/regs are online now.

hmmm. i have interests in 4 states, and have vehicles titled/registered in all of them...

[DoubleEagle]

As a personally owned vehicle, it is registered in your legal state of residence. You can only be a resident of one state at a time. If it is registered under a business name, it sure would be hard to claim it is a non-commercial vehicle. Your insurance company will also have an opinion.

[eagle19952]

As a personally owned vehicle, it is registered in your legal state of residence. You can only be a resident of one state at a time. If it is registered under a business name, it sure would be hard to claim it is a non-commercial vehicle. Your insurance company will also have an opinion.

Strange. I have one insurance company...who writes in all four states.

[Oonrahnjay]

Here's what started my response:

That varies from state to state also about a CDL OK or AZ does not have RV plates ,my Eagle had OK plates for years and the title said Eagle Bus ,in OK you can run commercial plates on your auto or pickup and they are cheaper than regular plates only difference is the insurance has a higher limit.In Ok they have a tag agency on every corner I don't ever remember ever going to a DMV you got the transfer, title ,plates and paid taxes at the mom and pop tag agencies  

Here's what I said:

In North Carolina, if the title says "HC", you run normal passenger car plates.  If you use it for commercial purposes, I suppose it gets complicated but if it's not commercial, it's pretty simple.  

Here's what I should have said to be clear:
In North Carolina, if the title says "HC", you run normal passenger car plates.  Any vehicle that's run as a House Car can only  be a personal, non-commercial vehicle.

If a similar vehicle (or any other vehicle) is used for commercial purposes, it opens the whole can of worms of -- 1) commercial tags, not changed every year but renewed at great cost based upon weighting of GVWR, 2) commercial inspection and registration; often with NC or US DOT, 3) commercial driver's license with stringent infraction listing and severe DUI requirements at $500 fees, 4) commercial insurance with high minimums and difficult renewal criteria and 5) commercial drivers with a "P" endorsement for carrying passengers.

But House Car is simple, so you have to stay within that category.  It's the commercial category in NC that's expensive and complicated.  (Which leads to people who have been charged with commercial activities -- carrying materials for sale to craft or trade shows, charging people to charter or use their vehicle, using the vehicle as a courtesy room or sales office at a show or sales event -- when driving a bus that's registered and insured as a private vehicle, but that's another another story.)

I hope that that clarifies my meaning and makes these comments more clear:

Not complicated at all. Insure as a HC, have paid passengers, get in a wreck. SO simple to find out uncomplicated it all is.

Why would you have any paid passengers if it's an RV?  Anybody know how it's done in Ohio?   Jim

Finally, it gets simple in a way in some circumstances --
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/multiple-violations-found-on-party-bus-involved-in-accident-that-killed-uncc-student/275-550349803
http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/owner-of-party-bus-cited-after-unc-charlotte-student-falls-to-her-death

Simple and complicated for years, at least until all the lawsuits are concluded and sentences are served.

[dj]

Well here in Oregon I went to DMV with the bus and as long as it has a place to sleep, cook and crap its an RV i had no issues.   for what its worth