For any other owners of grandfathered vehicles, here is the full statute:
(2) "Collector's item" means a motor vehicle, including a truck or truck tractor, that is of:
(a) Model year 1975 or earlier;
(b) Model year 1976 or later that was registered as a collector's item prior to September 1, 2009; except that a vehicle so registered is not eligible for registration as a collector's item upon sale or transfer to a new owner; or
(c) A model year at least thirty-two years old unless the vehicle was registered before September 1, 2009, and meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of this subsection (2). If the vehicle is being registered under this paragraph (c) and in the program area, as defined in section 42-4-304:
(I) The vehicle must have passed an emissions test meeting the standards of part 3 of article 4 of this title within the last twelve months before being initially registered by the owner as a collector's item; and
(II) The owner must sign an affidavit that the vehicle will not be driven on roadways for more than four thousand five hundred miles per year.
I believe based on the wording that I am also exempt from the mileage limit, and don't have to sign the affidavit.
The other thing I am questioning from reviewing the CRS, is what the person at the DMV told me yesterday, that I lost my exemption when my registration lapsed. That isn't stated anywhere in the CRS that I can find, the statue quoted above just says the exemption is lost upon sale or transfer to a
new owner, ownership of the vehicle never changed.
I haven't kept up with the subtle law changes for emissions, but looks like I'll have 5 more years to figure it out.
