#424 How my registration went and some info for Utah people
I got my paperwork done at the Taylorsville DMV, Salt Lake county. The location manager tried to get it classified as a street legal side by side. Don't sign or go along with that, otherwise you'll be limited to 55 mph roads. This is the general info I used or was assigned. She called the county manager and there was some back and forth, but it worked out. Do not budge on the vehicle type!
Vehicle type- passenger vehicle
Year- "the year on your MSO from DF"
Make- UNKN
Model- REPLICA GOBLIN
Body Style- Roadster
VIN- located behind the driver seat
Fuel- gasoline
Documents:
- MSO from DF (manufacturers statement of origin)
- receipt showing the purchase and that you paid taxes. You either paid Texas taxes to DF or you'll have to pay them to Utah. They will charge you the difference if your Texas sales tax does not meet the Utah Sales tax. Can't avoid taxes, but you won't be taxed twice.
- vin verification form. You can call your local police department (nonemergency number) and ask for an officer to be sent out for a new vehicle VIN verification. Fill out your end of the form and the officer will come out, confirm the vin, and sign off the paperwork. This is not an inspection of the whole vehicle, they will only look at the vin tag to verify it matches the vin document. Might need MSO I can't remember.
- Know your mileage. If you reset it to 0 put 1 mile on their form (zero / 0 is not excepted). If you did not reset the mileage put whatever the mileage on the dash says. (this won't be checked by them at this time)
- I brought pictures of my completed build
With all of that you'll get a plate and registration as though it's a new vehicle.
Utah has three counties that require emissions to be done on vehicles.
If you're not in an emissions county then you're done.
If you are in one of these counties you'll have more steps later
From the YEAR on the mso you have 2 years without having to really worry about emission compliance
On the year 3 re-registration you'll need to have the vehicle inspected by the county for emissions compliance before being able to register.
You won't be able to just take it anywhere.
Currently, I am an emissions certified tech and the kit car process is still a little hazy, but it'll have to match the emission standards of your original donor car. I can't supply much more information
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Unfortunately, I didn't know that going into my build, so I followed the videos without thinking of it. At the time I thought it would be exempt.
My current plan after I call the county to get a list of what exactly I need is to either to just sell out of state / out of the emissions counties and put the whole thing behind me or head to a junk yard and pick up what I can from another same year cobalt.
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I like the goblin and hope I can keep it, but in
hindsight, I'd skip the goblin headache
