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A recent shareholder was informed by the Board and management that they need to change her out-of-state license plates to NY within 90 days. They're not taking it well at all, as you can imagine.
From my understanding, when you move into NY and purchase a home in the state you have 90 days to change your plates and driver's license. However, is it an insurance liability to the coop to have a vehicle parked in the lot with an out-of-state plate? Any experience/feedback is appreciated. I'm trying to formulate an appropriate response to the shareholder.
If the shareholder in question has become a resident of New York State our understanding is the DMV typically requires that person to register his/ her vehicle in New York within 30 days.
Should the cooperative documents contain a provision that requires the shareholder does nothing illegal on co-op property, as our properties do, the 90 day timeline to register the vehicle in New York would seem appropriate on its face.
Should the shareholder be permitted maintain two residences---in this case, one in New York and one in another state---and the out-of-state address is the shareholder's primary residence, it then would seem the co-op's 90 day registration requirement is not appropriate.
this seems very strange to me. if it's not a requirement in the house rules or the proprietary lease, they shouldn't have to do it. if it's in the house rules and they received them/signed that they read them prior to closing, they would have to do it, no matter how bizarre it seems to be.
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It's none of their business. The shareholder could have other property out of state where they are registered, with lower insurance costs, etc. All that matters is that the car is registered, and insured. How, where, why is none of the Board's interest or business. The Coop insurance should not have any particulars on where a car is registered. All they care about is that it is properly insured while on the property. Once again, this is just Board busybodies at work, and overstepping their duties. There is an overabundance of Board members who substitute facts and knowledge for personal opinions, attitudes, and prejudices.
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