Connecticut: Registration, Inspection & Emissions

[Cashburn]

I would imagine a sale of a CT VIN'ed car in state would be a simple transfer. The action that triggers the inspection for a car brought into the state is the VIN verification (necessary for any vehicle purchased out of state and registered here).

I do not doubt that DMV centers further from the Weathersfield core could potentially overlook this process though.

[Don]

Jay, agree with your thoughts on VIN verification. When I bought my pre-owned Cobra, which was originally registered out of state, the Anti-Theft unit at Wethersfield verified the out of state VIN after the inspection process had been completed, two separate Departments.


At the time, they also reviewed the Bills of Sale for the engine, transmission and rear end. Since the source was out of state, the Bills of Sale were also Notarized.

[Don]

With great assistance from the Support Services Dept of the CT DMV, I was able to obtain the number of Composites registered in CT by year. The recap does not include motorcycles, just Code 01 which is Passenger. Number does include all types of Composites such as T-Buckets etc. Included also are the spelling and abbreviation variations of " Composite "

The hard copy report was dated 10-01-2005 and an updated version will be available early in January, 2007. By viewing the existing printed report at the Wethersfield office, I did not have to request the data via FOI @ $0.25 a page for 600 pages:

1950 to 1960: 5
1961 to 1969: 17
1970 to 1979: 12
1980 to 1989: 74
1990 to 1999: 70
2000: 14
2001: 20
2002: 17
2003: 19
2004: 15
2005: 16 ( as of 10-01-05 )

2000 to 2005: 101

Total of 289