dwyleecoyote
Member
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2011
- Messages
- 46
- Location
- Northern Ohio
- Tractor
- Ford 1320, Kubota 1140 CPX, Kubota BX2360
Hello all, I hope this is the right place for this. Last November, we purchased a Kubota RTV1140CPX, new, 2011. Last week we started looking at getting a license/registration for it, as I live in a community that allows golf carts on the city streets, and also now have the capacity to take this thing camping with me, and anywhere that would allow it will require a registration and insurance.
We asked Kubota finance for a memorandum of title for registration purposes, and they had no idea what I was talking about. They emailed a scan of the certificate of origin, which the title office says gets me nowhere, that I would need the original and a bill of sale. My dealer is telling me there is no title, only the certificate of origin. The way I read Ohio Revised Code, it is defined as a motor vehicle, as it does not meet the requirements of the utility vehicle definitions, and as such the dealer should have a motor vehicle dealers license(I don't think they do), and should have applied for a title in my name within 30 days of the sale. The title then should have gone to the finance company with a lien until paid off, and I should have been issued a memorandum of title for registration.
I talked to my local police chief, and he said it won't fit in with the golf cart rules, but I may still be able to get street legal status if I can get a plate. He also mentioned he himself owns a RTV 900, and has a title!
I have been talking nicely with my dealer, but have firmly told them they need to make this happen. Anybody else run into this? Any suggestions? I already know I may never get it on the street, but I know I should have a title!
We asked Kubota finance for a memorandum of title for registration purposes, and they had no idea what I was talking about. They emailed a scan of the certificate of origin, which the title office says gets me nowhere, that I would need the original and a bill of sale. My dealer is telling me there is no title, only the certificate of origin. The way I read Ohio Revised Code, it is defined as a motor vehicle, as it does not meet the requirements of the utility vehicle definitions, and as such the dealer should have a motor vehicle dealers license(I don't think they do), and should have applied for a title in my name within 30 days of the sale. The title then should have gone to the finance company with a lien until paid off, and I should have been issued a memorandum of title for registration.
I talked to my local police chief, and he said it won't fit in with the golf cart rules, but I may still be able to get street legal status if I can get a plate. He also mentioned he himself owns a RTV 900, and has a title!
I have been talking nicely with my dealer, but have firmly told them they need to make this happen. Anybody else run into this? Any suggestions? I already know I may never get it on the street, but I know I should have a title!