Virginia Clean Fuel Plates Have Arrived

That's great news for me. I just purchased my prius last Thursday and I am hoping that I will make it by the VA deadline of 7/1. I hope that I have the same luck.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(priusmatic @ Jun 12 2006, 09:28 AM) [snapback]269881[/snapback]</div>

The key is to fax the form (rather than snail mailing it) on the first day that you can. When I got my regular tags from the dealer (Miller, in Manassas), they included the form for getting the clean fuel plates, and had written on the top the earliest date that I could fax the form ... and I did.

Great service from the Virginia DMV. What would be even better would be a way to delete getting a regular plate first, and then the clean fuel plate. That would knock a week of the processing time.

 

Thanks for the tips. How long did it take for Miller Toyota to get you the regular plates? I purchased from them as well and they indicated that due to the new HOV law that 6/20 was their cutoff for getting regular plates in time to make the clean fuel applications deadline. They said about 2 weeks for the regular tags to arrive so based on that I should be okay. What do you mean they wrote the "earliest dates that you could fax" on the top? I thought that once you had the regular plates and title number you could fax right away??

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(priusmatic @ Jun 12 2006, 03:10 PM) [snapback]270059[/snapback]</div>

Here's what our timeline was:

4/12 - car delivered - temp. tags
4/20 - car was registered & permanent tags issued
4/27 - the earliest date I could fax the form to DMV
5/4 - received my Clean Fuel plates in the mail

About the "earliest date" - DMV says to allow 7 days for the title number to make it through their system. Without a title number on record at DMV, they won't issue Clean Fuel plates.

If Miller is saying 6/20 is their cutoff, that means that they are figuring that getting the regular plates by then would mean that their customers could fax the form to DMV on or after 6/27 ... and that allows DMV to receive and process the application prior to July 1st. You may not get your plates until after the 1st, but as long as DMV has received and processed your application before the 1st, you'll be ok.

 

I'll cross my fingers that all goes as planned. Thanks again for the info.

 

I made the mistake of trying to go to my local DMV to apply for the Clean Fuel plates ( I didn't want to put my Credit Card number on a fax). I live outside northern VA so my DMV had no idea what I was talking about! Long story short...an hour later I went back to my office and within 10 minutes faxed my info to Richmond. That was Thursday, June 30 and I just recieved the plates in the mail today. My only question is...what do I do with the old plates?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p21usa @ Jul 3 2006, 10:52 PM) [snapback]280781[/snapback]</div>

I had the same question. It's probably like any other time you move out of state. The plates get re-issued to someone else. We have a bunch from moving and selling vehicles that are just sitting in a pile in the garage. I guess you can probably return them. I don't know if I would trash them... makes it easy for someone to steal plates for a non registered vehicle.

 

How long did you have your regular old plates before you faxed in your Clean Fuel plate application? I'm buying a hybrid and am in crunch time for the 6/30/11 deadline for the new I-66 exemption.

Thanks!