Thanks budlite.
I just jumped through all the hoops this morning - figured I should share for anyone else who's interested:
These bikes can be registered as a non-titled vehicle in GA, so all you need to prove the bike is yours is a bill of sale. In addition to that you need:
- T-22B Form: Verifies that the VIN on your bike is the VIN you claim it to be. Has to be filled out by a cop.
- Insurance Binder: This is more than just your insurance card. It has all your account information (address, deductibles, claims, etc.) and the Tag Office wouldnt register the bike until I had one of these. Called Geico and they emailed it to me no problem. Another thing to note here - the effective start date of your insurance has to be either the current date or in the past otherwise, no tag.
It took some prodding to get them to create a brand new registration entry in their system for the bike. They were determined, since I bought the bike in GA, to find the previous registration records and wanted to verify that these records matched up with the seller. Which wouldnt have been the case for me.
I think the trick is to tell them that you bought the bike out of state with only a bill of sale and that you want to register it for the first time here in GA. This would hopefully deter them from searching the GA database for the bikes previous registration and force them to create a new entry.
If they find a previous registration in GA, apparently you to pay all of the years that it hasnt been current - ouch...
