DEAR MR. ECHOLS:

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• Publication Date: August 21, 1964
• Content Type: LETTER

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 WILLIAM S. HULTS
COMMISSIONER
ELLIS T. RIKER
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR
August 21, 1964
Mr. Emmett D. Echols,
Director of Personnel,
Central Intelligence Agency,
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Echols :
ARNOLD W. WISE
COUNSEL
This is in reply to your recent letter concerning
in-transit permits.
The statute providing for such permits became effective
on July 1, 1964. These permits must be applied for, in person,
by the owner of the vehicle or some one having a power of
attorney from him. Normally, only about ten minutes should be
required to obtain a permit. Additional information that you
requested will be found, I believe, in the following annexed
material:
1. A copy of the form which is used in obtaining
the permit;
2. A pamphlet concerning the importing of cars; and
3. A press release which deals, in part, with in-
transit permits.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM S. HULTS
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
By Arnold W. Wise
Counsel
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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
OFFICE OF THE COUNSEL
504 CENTRAL AVE., ALBANY, N. Y. 12206
Albany T.I 438-4521
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IN-TRANSIT
TEMPORARY
VEHICLE
DIESEL
E HO. YEAR STATE
one accident. (3) No previovs.application has Seen made for an In-Transit
PERMIT NO. 0000
EMPLOY EUSINE55 ADDRE55
USE BLUE OR BLACK INK
MALE FEMALE
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MALE FEMALE
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PARE 2 IN-TRAJSIPT'
TEMPORARY VEHICLE PERMIT
l orn~r, give titb
Siva-tome in fu11. If "Ad.
EXPIRES 30 DAYS F M DATE ISSUED
PERMIT NO. 0000
STATE OF
NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT
OF
MOTOR
VEHICLES Do Not Write in Above Space
PART 3
NO.
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DATE E. ISSUED ~
I"yIVR USE ON A VEHICLE
DELIVERED IN NEW YORK STATE
FOR TRANSPORTATION TO A
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN NEW YORK STATE
EXPIRES 30 DAYS FROM DATE ISSUED
STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
IN-TRANSIT TEMPiRY -VEHICLE PERMIT
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HOW TO MAKE PAYMENT
Make fee payable to the "Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles". Postage stamps are NOT
acceptable.
SIGNATURE
1. Parts I and 2 of this application must be
signed.
2. A married woman must sign her own first
name.
3. If vehicle is owned by a corporation,. the
? application must be signed by an officer
of fhe corporation or a person authorized
by a power of attorney.
4. It the business is operated under an
assumed or trade name, this name should
not be shown on the application, only
the name of the owner(s) should be
shown.
INSTRUCTIONS
LUIREMENTS FOR PERMIT
'INSURANCE '? '
Yoe are raalehed to hate a liability policy of
insurance or bond in effect in the amounts
of at least $10,000-$20,000 for injury or
death and $3,000 for damage to property in
any one accident for the described vehicle in
order to avoid the possibfiity of any acf:on
relative to your privilege of operating and/or
operation of motor vehicle in this state.
PURPOSE
I. Application form completed and signed.
2. Fee payable to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles,
3. Proof of ownership for the vehicle as in-
dicated below, which is to be returned to
applicant.
o. New York State registration renewal
stub properly executed by former'
owner.
b. New York State Dealer's Certificate of
Sale (Form MV-S0).
c. Notarized Bill of Sale from out-of-state
dealer with certification of the dealer
by the Motor Vehicle authority of that
state.
d. Any other acceptable proof of owner-
ship.
THIS PERMIT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING VEHICLE
4TSCRIBED TO A JURISDICTION OTHER
THAN THIS STATE POE REGISTRATION.
WARNING
THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE DE-
SCRIBED ON THE REVERSE SIDE WITHOUT
ADEQUATE LIABILITY INSURANCE WILL
SUBJECT THE OWNER AND/OR OPERA-
TOR TO THE COMPULSORY INSURANCE
STATUTE BY REVOCATION OF THE PRIVI-
LEGE OF OPERATING AND/OR OPERA.
TION FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD.
1. PERMIT MLk BE DISPLAYED BY TAPING ON INSIDE OF
REAR WINDOW, AND SUCH DISPLAY IS HEREBY AUTHOR-
IZED.
2. IF VEHICLE HAS NO REAR WINDOW, PERMIT MAY BE
DISPLAYED ON WINDOW OF DRIVER'S SIDE.
3. PERMIT MUST NOT BE DISPLAYED ON WINDSHIELD.
4. THIS PERMIT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS PROOF OF OWNER-
SHIP OF THE VEHICLE FOR REGISTRATION PURPOSES AND
IS NOT RENEWABLE OR TRANSFERABLE.
William S. Hults
Commissioner
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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Wi 1 am S. Hults, Commissioner
From: Office of Public Information (39)
William R. Eckhof, Director
Phone: Code 518, 43.8-4521, Ext. 303
Release in morning newspapers of Monday, June 15, 1964.........
Albany, June 15.-- Two new laws, one dealing with vehicle
registration and the other with television in automobiles, become
effective July 1, Motor Vehicle Commissioner William S. Hults
reminded motorists today.
The registration change is designed to assist out-of-state
motorists who buy cars in New York or overseas and must drive over
New. York State highways to take them home and register them.
Beginning July 1, Motor Vehicle offices throughout the
state will offer them "in-transit permits" at a $5 fee. This allows
an. out-of-state. owner to drive the car up to 30 days enroute to the
state where the vehicle is to be regularly registered. Many other
states have such systemso
This change in the law, Commissioner Hults said, has long
been sought and will overcome many difficulties and inconveniences
encountered up to now. The law is especially beneficial, he said, to
people who bring foreign cars back to the United States and want to
take them, for instance, to Minnesota to register them. In the past,
they would have had,; #uake arrangements far in advance with authorities
in Minnesota so their plates would be waiting for them in New York.
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The permit takes the physical form of a three by four-
and-a-half inch sticker and a certificate. The sticker, on which
large numbers are printed, is to be attached inside the rear window
of the car, but no registration plate is then necessary.
Another change in the Vehicle and Traffic Law permits
installation of television sets in automobiles provided the screen
is not visible to the driver. Previously, television sets had been
banned completely in automobiles. The new law conforms to nationally-
recommended standards.
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t.i Jil a till tit- cal 'vFle it is in d J Si.t.
This inicarmation is L. ue recoirect on the ;tluplioa:i~_~n ,I-;d i ' t l)L1
;:l r,ait lirt.,,al of the vehicle t lbtain it, you Iraq experience delay.
The plate transaction, if you come properl% prepared with these
documents and information, slxould take only a few ii notes and.
with the pa",rnerlt of the registration fee, yet lye ceuablc~d to
drive the car away.
Many .~merican tourists, l1aonlllg on a l.ri` iilg 'holiday over-
seas, make arrangements with representatives of foreign car manu-
tacturers in the United States to purchase c?Irs and take, delivery at
their point of debarkation.
Many companies will re-purchase the cars a~: the conclusion of'
the tourist's stay. Others lease vehicles for that period of time.
But many of the purchasers ship their cars hack 'io the Lnited States.
This pamphlet is designed to explain therocedure those own-
ers must follow when their cars arrive at the Port of New York
or when they, are driven into or thrcugh the State from Canadian
seaports.
NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS
If you are a resident of mot-, you crust obtain New York
3 registration and number platy s an_!. install them before you are
dr' e the car from the pier Jr enter the State.
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:foreign number (also known as license) plates are not legal you reside in a State other than New York, you must instal
in New York unless the owner is a bona fide resident of the country =istration plates on your vehicle before you leave the pier ix
which issued the plates here on a visit just as you were while rrter the State. European plates are not valid here unless you arc:
touring overseas. a permanent resident of Europe here on a visit.
There are five offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles in There are two courses you may follow:
New York City wh:;re the plates are easily obtainable: 15o Worth 1 - You may attach a number plate from your home State, or
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In applying for the plates, you must present at least two docu- offices of this Department in New York City (se '_4 ^^^~~"-
merits along with the application. One provides proof of ownership or from county clerks elsewhere in the State. The permit,
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cating that the vehicle is insured for the minimum coverage of drive their cars through this State to another jurisdiction where it is
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following: a biii of sale Issue 1 i1y the 111aiufacturel, d Lertilluat(- .1, C
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ork des not an/excise /tas, on the purcViaie
N GENERAL
l^ny purchasers of fc,reigi-. ,cars ayo inrac,et therii to this coiLrt.rv
are of the mistaken impression that \cr.v Fork Stat, a11o,,Ns a t riad.
of grace during which the owner : fl y dri,, e his car under its fore. igl
registration and plates.
This is definitely not true and such a vehicle is considered to be
un-registered -- a violatiovv c,f New York's Vesicle aced ('traffic Law
There is only one exception to the rule. Fnite l Stases military
personnel who bring their persoiial. Eeh+cles bearing .\rmecl Forces
plates back to this country are allowed three days to travel in Niely
York State to either their place o: residence +nr their new point of
dut- During the three days, :lion; tine date c;,r .u'rioa", they may con-
t.iir,ac~ to display plates issued h the_Armed Forces
STATE OF NEW YORK
NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
WILLIAM S. HULTS, Commissioner
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State of New York
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
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AUTOMOBILES
Foreign (passenger-type) automobiles imported into the
United States are dutiable at the rate of-2 per cent of the appraised value.
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Trucks valued at $1,000 or more (each) and motor busses designed for
the carriage of more than 10 persons are dutiable at 11 per cent of the
appraised value.
These rates apply to all countries except certain countries in the
Soviet bloc.
Everything normally attached to the imported
automobile is considered a part of the automobile. However, if a person
imports an extra set of parts, such as additional spark plugs, etc., the
additional parts would be subject to duty.
Extra automobile parts (except those of glass and tires) are subject
to a duty of 11 per cent. The only exception is inner tubes, dutiable at
12J per cent.
This tax, known as the manufacturers excise tax, is im-
posed only at the time of sale of an automobile in the United States and
applies to domestic cars as well as to imported ones. Whether an imported
vehicle is new or used is immaterial.
The tax is 10 per cent of the wholesale price of the automobile and
is paid by the importer, producer, or manufacturer after the sale is made.
Cars imported for the personal use of the owner are not subject to
the tax. The owner may turn in such an imported vehicle on a new car
(for his personal use) without payment of the excise tax.
Detailed information on the manufacturers excise tax is available
from the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington 25,
D. C.
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The customs value of a used automobile imported into the United States
is arrived at from an actual examination of the individual car. Since used
automobiles reflect different degrees of wear and tear there are no estab-
lished allowances for use or depreciation. The appraisement of a used car
depends solely upon the examination; the "cost of production" value for a
new car of identical year, make, and model being reduced as the mileage,
condition of body, engine, interior, wear on tires, and the like, warrants.
The selling price in the country of exportation would be taken into
consideration by the appraiser but would not coincide necessarily with the
customs appraised value. The prospective selling price in the United States
has no bearing on the matter.
MECHANICAL AND SAFETY STANDARDS
It is not necessary for imported automobiles to meet standards as to
safety features, mechanical condition, etc., so far as United States Cus-
toms is concerned.
A returning resident may import an automobile for his personal or
household use if he acquired the car abroad as an incident of the journey
from which he is returning.
His customs exemption (paragraph l7_3 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended) will not apply if the automobile was ordered by him while in the
United States, to be delivered to him in a foreign country, even though he
paid for it after his arrival in the foreign country. Such an automobile
is dutiable on its entire value at the time of his return.
The resident must declare the
automobile on his customs baggage declaration at the time of his return
to. the United States and may claim either or both of the $200 and $300
exemptions in full. Also, members of his family traveling with him (re-
lated by blood, marriage, or adoption), who resided in the same household
at their last permanent address in the United States, may apply their ex-
emptions toward the car.
For example, a father, mother, and two children (each entitled to
$200 and $300 exemptions) could apply their aggregate exemptions of $2,000,
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or a part of this, toward the entry free of duty of the imported automo-
bile. The privilege of group exemptions does not apply to persons living
in the same household and not related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
The automobile must be declared on the customs baggage declaration
at its actual purchase price. Due adjustment is made by the customs of-
ficer when the purchase price or value differs from the customs value due
to depreciation by reason of wear and use.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RETURNING FROM ASSIGNMENTS ABROAD
Under Public Law 126 (84th Congress), any Government employee (or
person in the service of the United States) returning home upon the ter-
mination of his assignment to extended duty at a post or station outside
the customs territory of the United States may be allowed free entry of
his personal and household effects, including his automobile. Members
of his family residing with him at his foreign post or station also are
entitled to free entry of their effects.
A person must. be returning from duty of at least 140 days continuous
duration to be considered returning from an extended duty assignment.
A copy of the Government orders issued prior to
the shipment of the effects, showing the person. is returning because of
termination of an extended-duty assignment, should be presented to Customs
when claim for free entry is made. If a copy of the orders is not avail-
able, other evidence must be furnished to establish the requirements of
the law.
An automobile purchased abroad and sent home be-
fore your Government orders are issued, or a car purchased and not in your
possession before you leave (merely ordered but not delivered to you) will
not be entitled to free entry as a household or personal effect under Pub-
lic Law 126. However, you may apply your $200 and $300 customs tourist
exemptions (including the exemptions of members of your family traveling
with you) to the value of the car, provided you did not order the automo-
bile before you left the United States.
An automobile may be imported free of duty by a nonresident for his
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personal use, including the transportation of his family and guests.
Free entry is allowed whether the nonresident has arrived for a tempo-
rary stay or is to remain indefinitely. If the automobile is sold
within one year after the date of its arrival, customs duties at the
rate in effect at the time of importation must be paid to the collector
of customs at the port through which the car was imported.
An automobile and its usual equipment may be brought into the United
States by a nonresident for a temporary stay to take part in races or
other specific contests. If the contests are for other than money purses,
the car may be admitted without formal entry or bond for exportation if
the collector is satisfied as to the importer's identity and good faith.
A certificate identifying the automobile will be issued to the importer
by the collector. This form must be delivered with the vehicle to the
United States customs officer at the port of departure from the country.
Unless the automobile is exported or a bond is given within 90 days after
the date of importation, it becomes subject to forfeiture.
The bond is taken in the amount of 1-1/4 times the
estimated duty of the automobile. Cash may be deposited in lieu of
surety on the bond and will he refunded if the vehicle is exported with-
in the time limit and under customs supervision. If the automobile is
brought in for sale or for sale on approval, entry under bond will not
be accepted.
TEMPORARY IMPORTATION BOND.
An automobile may be brought in
under a regular temporary importation bond for alterations or repairs;
as a sample for taking orders; for experimental testing, review or
study purposes; by illustrators and photographers for use solely as
models in their own establishments and as professional equipment, tools
of trade, and camping equipment imported for use of nonresidents so-
journing temporarily in this country. The length of stay is limited
to a total of not to exceed 3 years from the date of importation.
A visitor to the United States from a foreign country
arriving with an automobile may continue to use his foreign license tag
if he has an International Drivers License and the International Emblem
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is attached to the license plate. The International Drivers License is
issued for one year and may be renewed while in the United States.
Cars brought into the United States by foreign nationals employed
in the United States are required to use license tags from the State in
the United States in which the owner resides. Ile may use his foreign
license tags from the port of arrival in the United States on route to
his destination.
SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS
Arrangements for shipping the car are made by the importer. He (or
his agent for customs purposes) must arrange to be notified by the ship-
per or carrier of the date it will arrive at the first port of entry in
the United States, in order that he may complete customs clearance under
his baggage declaration. Customs officers are prohibited by law from
acting as agent or making entries for an importer.
Commercial brokers, known as customs brokers, are usually employed
by persons who find it impractical. to clear their own shipments or who
are unfamiliar with customs procedure. A fee is charged for this purpose.
I SALE CF IMPORTED AUTOMOBILE
Any person (including a tourist, whether a resident or nonresident)
bringing a foreign automobile into the United States with the intention
of selling it after arrival must pay a customs duty on the car.
A nonresident entering an automobile (Par. 1798(b)(2) TA 1930) may
not sell it within one year from the date of its importation without in-
curring the obligation to pay duty.
A returning resident importing an automobile under his $300 customs
exemption (Par. 1798(c)(2)(A) and (B) may not sell the car within 3 years
from the date of importation without incurring the obligation to pay duty
on the part or value covered by the $300 exemption. There is no restric-
tion on the sale of an automobile imported under the $200 customs exemp-
tion (Par. 1798).
Bureau of Customs
Washington, D. C.
November 1957
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