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Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:39 pm
by Seymore
I bought the wife a new 2014 Honda Pilot yesterday and bought the tag this morning. I knew the tag would sting and it did, with credits the cost was $518. The part I can't understand is how my brother's tag was almost $300 cheaper when credits are removed from my tag. He bought the exact same SUV with the exact same options. Only difference is the color with his silver and my wife's blue. I understand that the cost is greatly influenced by where you live and the value of the vehicle but I don't see $300 difference between Rankin and Lee county. If anything I would have thought Lee would be cheaper.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:55 pm
by deltadukman
You ought to compare Rankin County to Hinds County. Our tags and taxes in general are cheaper than the majority of other places I know of. Yes its possible.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:56 pm
by Lazy Drake
I believe the state sets the value of all vehicles in the state. The ad valorem rate will differ in each municipality.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:08 pm
by GrizwalD
ha you should check out hinds county if you think its high in lee ..... madison is pretty cheap like rankin as well

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:09 pm
by edub20

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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:33 pm
by tombstone
childs play compared to City of Clarksdale

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:11 pm
by redneck22ms
haha thats nothing. yall should register a vehicle out here in colorado. i registered a 1994 f150 here 2 years ago and after the emissions test, title inspection fee and everything it cost me over $200.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:55 am
by kb7722
So you are saying your brother bought a new Honda SUV and the tag was only $200. That is crazy cheap! In 2007 I bought a new truck in Madison county and paid about $500. I think this was that bad. It went down about $100 per year for the next few years.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:19 am
by rjohnson
First tag on my 12 F-150 in Rankin County was something around $270. I paid them and ran out of there. I just knew they had messed up something and I underpaid.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:25 am
by GrizwalD

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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:26 am
by jacksbuddy

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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:58 pm
by Deltaquack
Highest tags in the state are in Washington County. Bolivar isn't low either. The cheapest tag i've had in several years in Bolivar on a vehicle less than 3 years old has been over $1000 and i live in the county and not city so no city taxes. I messed up and put my office address in Washington Co on one vehicle.......$4500.00. Yes, you read that right.

I'd be doing back flips if i could pay $400 for a car tag. You can't do that here with a 7 year old vehicle with over 100,000 miles.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:49 am
by Greenhead22
Leflore Co may be one of the highest too. My buddy in Gwood bought a new Chevy. He used his mom and dad's address in Carrollton for everything and saved $500 on the tag cost.

Louisiana tags are $20 for 4 years on most vehicles but god their roads are GARBAGE.

Re: Ask DS.....car tag

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:36 am
by novacaine

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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:45 am
by copperhand
I'm a delta transplant that resides in Rankin co by the rez now, I bought a new tag for a f-150 last week that sticker priced around $53,000. I was shocked when the lady said that will be $246 sir, back home in Washington co it would have been $1,246. It's got to be based on working and tax paying population ratio.