registering vehicles and importation of them and other items

From SD. You do need US ID but your address can be a mail service.
Here is a list of documents needed to title and register a vehicle in South Dakota.
Signed South Dakota title application (attached to this email)
Fill out sections B, C, D, E, G, if you have a lien holder, and H.
Identification will be your social security #
Original title (not a copy) that has been in your name for over 6 months
Bill of sale (if this is a new purchase to you) Bill of sale or reassignment form cannot have any foreign or Mexican address on it.
Copy of your valid drivers license or US issued ID for everyone going on the title
Copy of proof of Social Security number (a copy of your social security card or a copy of a tax document 1099, W2 as long as it has the whole # on it)
Contact information
Please enclose phone number and email address with paperwork as this is how we will contact you for payment.
For any trailer, recreational vehicle, or travel trailer we will need proof of empty weight. We will also need to know the length.
You will mail this paperwork to our office to the Clay County Treasurer 211 W. Main St. Suite 201 Vermillion, SD 57069
Rhonda Taggart
Clay County Deputy Treasurer
211 W. Main Suite 201
Vermillion, Sd. 57069
(605)677-7123 phone
(605)677-7104 fax

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Re: US Car Insurance
Posted by: "Warren
Fri Jun 3, 2011 1:06 pm (PDT)


If you are thinking about doing this you might do it soon as July 1st they
have a small rate increase.

http://www.state.sd.us/drr2/motorvehicle/index.htm

Non-Resident Information

http://www.state.sd.us/drr2/motorvehicle/nonresident.htm

Warren

Registering with South Dakota Plates
8/31/2017 2 Comments

Are you planning on driving a vehicle into Mexico and leaving it for a long period of time? You may want to consider registering your vehicle with South Dakota license plates. South Dakota does not require yearly emissions testing. It is a very simple and quick process.

To get started, fill out a MV608 Title Application from Clay County, South Dakota's website. Here is the link to get the form. http://www.claycountysd.org/userfiles/files/Treasurer's%20forms/MV608.pdf
Mail the form along with a copy of your driver's license, copy of your social security card, title of the vehicle you are registering and a Bill of Sale. You will pay 4% sales tax. Once they receive your documents, it usually takes 2-3 days to process. They will mail you 2 new plates and your registration card to your home in the USA. You will attach one plate to the front of the vehicle and the other to the back. If you have any questions, I suggest calling Clay County Treasurer's office in South Dakota at 605-677-7123 or visit their website at http://www.claycountysd.org/treasurersoffice.cfm

Once the car enters into Mexico, you do not need to carry US automobile insurance. You only need to carry Mexican automobile insurance while driving the vehicle in Mexico. If you have a loan on the vehicle, you need to contact the company that you have the loan with to get authorized to drive the vehicle into Mexico. They may require you to keep your US automobile insurance. That means you will be paying Mexican and American automobile insurance. The driver of the vehicle does not have to have a South Dakota driver's license.

As for Mexican automobile insurance, there are a lot of companies online that sell this. I have always used Michele Jankovics at 845-473-1600. Her email address is jankovics@hotmail.com

If you are selling a vehicle with South Dakota plates, you will need to remove the plates before selling the vehicle to the next owner. Do not give the plates to the new owner. They must apply for plates themselves. You do not need to return the plates to South Dakota but you do need to contact Clay County's Treasurer Office to report the sale. If you are purchasing another vehicle, you can transfer your plates to another vehicle. You must call the Clay County Treasurer Office to transfer the plates.

Can I register my vehicle in South Dakota if I live out of state?

You should know that your state may prohibit registering your vehicle in another state.

You will need your original out of state titles, a copy of your state driver license, social security number, and an Application for Title (MV-608). Take this paperwork to your local county treasurer’s office to complete registration process.  They will be able to tell you the appropriate fees pertaining to that county.

Posted by: "Terry G" @yahoo.com us_330
    Date: Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:22 pm ((PDT))
 
There is another option for permanent residents, or Mexican citizens, that want to drive a US car - the ONAPAFA, which apparently exploits some sort of loophole in the law that allows Mexican citizens etc to drive non-imported vehicles. You see tons of cars with a green ONAPAFA sign in one of the windows around, and they have several offices around town-one on Padre Kino. The service I believe is around 2000 pesos, and then a small fee thereafter (yearly?). I think part of the service is that if one ever were to have a problem, the ONAPAFA's lawyers take care of it. 
 
 
I have not used it myself.
 
 
Another related question.
 
 
Is there any reason one could not drive on a Mexican license, in the US, US registered car, and get US insurance coverage ??
 
 

Anyone know ?

"Regarding the importacion/nationalization of cars at Otay Mesa:
The office is right next door to the banjercito office at the border. The business is called Sanchez y Asociados. Their phone number is 664-217-9131. Their e-mail (or at least the e-mail of the man we spoke to) is: luisimporta@yahoo.com. They were recommended to us by the people at the banjercito office. Luis said that a newer pickup (you can't import one newer than 2007 I believe) would cost around $1000 USD and the price would go down with the age of the vehicle. And, yes, he said it could be done in 6 or 7 hours. We will be nationalizing our truck through them in September and will let you know how it goes.

We spent yesterday afternoon (June 22, 2010) discussing issues about Mexican visa and temporary import permits with 2 different INM border agents, 3 different Aduana officials (including 30 minutes with a supervisor) and with 2 Banjercito personnel and a Banjercito supervisor at the Chetumal / Belize border.

Here are summaries of the key points from our border visit with Aduana, INM, and Banjerctio:
~ The Banjercito officials were very emphatic about encouraging people with Temporary Import Permits for vehicles, that they start updating their INM permits process as early as possible (30 days before the expiration date), and they said to notify Aduana in person, in writing, of the extension of the car permit expiration date by AT LEAST a week before the expiration date, and 2 weeks if possible. (This means notifying Aduana of the new expiration date at least 22 days before the official date reported on Aduana websites.) . . .

They said that the system between Aduana and Banjercito for updating expiration dates is not always working rapidly, and the STRONGLY ENCOURAGED notifying Aduana in person with an official letter long before official “15 days after the issuance date” of the renewed INM permit.

Re: US Car Insurance
Posted by: "Warren
Fri Jun 3, 2011 1:06 pm (PDT)


If you are thinking about doing this you might do it soon as July 1st they
have a small rate increase.

http://www.state.sd.us/drr2/motorvehicle/index.htm

Non-Resident Information

http://www.state.sd.us/drr2/motorvehicle/nonresident.htm

Warren

Importing Your Vehicle
The first step in registering your vehicle in Mexico if it is of foreign origin is the importation. Importation is based on 23% of the wholesale value of the vehicle to be imported. The car must be at least five years old and not more than 20 years old. The former is to protect the Mexican car dealers and the later to prevent all of the US junk cars from ending up in Mexico. A handling charge for the agent handling the transaction is then in addition to the importation fee. Shop around for this one. Some agents are no more than agents for other agents and the fee will vary as much as 100%. I didn’t shop around and I got burned for what I estimate to be another $300. The car must be in the US or there is an additional fee, I was told an additional 50% of the fee. Make sure your car is empty. If it has an exterior spare tire, you might want to remove it. You deliver your car to the agent and the agent delivers it to Aduana, the tax people. You will be separated from your car from 4-10 days, depending on when you deliver it and their workload.


The cost for importing my 2000 Honda CRV was a tax amount of $6800 pesos or $511USD. The agent fees were double, $350 to the processing agent and $350 to the agent’s agent. With a little time to shop around this can be trimmed significantly. You should receive a new two page green Mexican ‘title’ and a factura indicating the import fee paid. In transit, you post a copy of the green title in the interior upper left corner of the rear window. This is valid for 15 days.
Getting Mexican License Plates