Registering in Illinois

[HSC-ZL1]

I am 1 1/2 weeks after my inspection by the SOS police facility in Villa Park. I began last September with the Lombard and Naperville SOS offices. Both of these facilities told me they could only help me by sending all the reqiured paper work on to the SOS Police in Springfield. This is where it became problematic. Several mailings and multiple phone calls to Springfield and more agravation than I will type, I was finally put in communication with the SOS Police facility in Villa Park. The SOS Police facilities are very different than the SOS license offices. They were also more helpful and knowledgable than Springfield. I can only tell you my saga I hope yours will be easier.
You can contact me at jhoward2401@att.net

[Temptation]

Originally Posted by HSC-ZL1

I am 1 1/2 weeks after my inspection by the SOS police facility in Villa Park. I began last September with the Lombard and Naperville SOS offices. Both of these facilities told me they could only help me by sending all the reqiured paper work on to the SOS Police in Springfield. This is where it became problematic. Several mailings and multiple phone calls to Springfield and more agravation than I will type, I was finally put in communication with the SOS Police facility in Villa Park. The SOS Police facilities are very different than the SOS license offices. They were also more helpful and knowledgable than Springfield. I can only tell you my saga I hope yours will be easier.
You can contact me at jhoward2401@att.net

As avmavaitor mentioned, I am ready to start the process of registering my backdraft cobra and wanted to know of any gotcha's ahead of time. From reading your experience I fear working with the DMV as my first experience to answer any questions was.... "you need to send it to Springfield".

Sounds like it is best to head over to the facility in villa park to submit my application for registration in person?

In the end is that what you ended up doing?

[snowgoer]

I had a terrible time also and It took over 2 months to finally get my temp plate. I had to fill out a couple of forms, send in forms with pics of all 4 sides, CErtificate of origin, payment of taxes and fees, explanation of how car was built, receipts for major parts, etc... It is all on the form you need to submit. The issue is the form is something they can be e-mail to you but they tell you on phone they need to mail you a packet. The packet took over 2 weeks to get and when I got it was everything I already had. It consisted of instructions, Illinois tax form and registration form. They sent the wrong tax form in 1st packet...they are not very bright. I then sent in everything and waited. You can call them and they don't call back. If you get lucky nd happen to talk to someone in Springfield they will tell you they will get to it eventually. About 6 weeks later you get a call from the SOS police to come and inspect it. The police were very good and came out to inspect within a couple of days. At that point they send paperwork to Springfield and a couple of weeks later you get your temp.

Springfield could speed this up a lot but get a kick out of Making you wait. They could e-mail you forms and instructions or at least tell you that forms are available at DMV. Don't sit on paperwork for weeks. Issue temp at local DMV after inspection,etc...

Oh by the way, my title showed up a body style as a pick up. That had to be sent in and fixed which was another mess. Like I said, they are not too bright.

Something needs to be done here in Illinois as a whole and now that we are starting to throw the crooked politicians in jail that is a start, but we have a long way to go.

[HSC-ZL1]

My trials were with the civilian bureaucrat in Springfield. Nicholas, who seems to be the person in Springfield to get your paperwork, is clueless. I had several phone conversations with him and at first he seemed helpful, but then his lack of knowledge kicked in. He asked what car the crate motor came out of. He then asked for the build dates of the motor and trans. He had the receipts for both of these. Then he claimed that he didn't ask for those but wanted me to write in my build explanation who built the frame and body. I sent a copy of the manufacturers build sheet on the car in the original mailing. This clearly stated that a partial turn-key rolling kit was supplied by the manufacturer. The state's agent doesn't understand that a complete roller includes a rolling chassis and body, why is he doing this job? Anyway, it is now 2 weeks since my inspection in Villa Park. I still do not have my plates or title. I am sure that this is because of Springfield.
I think if I were to do this over again, I might just drive down to Springfield and hand deliver the paper work. My only fear would be losing it with the state rep.
The Villa Park facility is an inspection station and doesn't really handle the paper work, but they were helpful with information.
Good Luck and start early.
Be careful on the St44 tax form, If you have a greater than $600 tax due, it has to be paid within 30 days of the purchase not filing time.

[TurboVenom]

Yeah, I got caught up in that same tax cluster****. Tell 'em you haven't paid for the big parts yet, not until you get the licenses and title.

[Temptation]

Thanks for the replies.... and appreciate the feedback.