From: Jeffrey Smith MVP (mvpco@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 03 2004 - 07:24:38 PST
I have to go by what the MFG Serial Number is on the
Motor or the one stamped on the data plate if found.
the main one DMV here in FL has to see when I go in is
the Motor serial number then the one stamped on a data
plate as MFG seriel number.
Thants my .02 worth, for DMV in Escambia
County,Florida.
Jeff Smith MVP
--- John Brian Seeling <JBSeeling@cox-internet.com>
wrote:
> Louisiana Law provides that the DMV must provide
> special license plates for
> antique vehicles, street rods, and military
> vehicles. Another provision of
> this statute provides that the military vehicle
> identification number
> stenciled on the vehicle can be used in lieu of one
> of these specialized
> license plates.
>
> Now, I am fairly certain that the "military vehicle
> identification number"
> is the unique number assigned to the vehicle by the
> military, also commonly
> known as the "USA NUMBER." However, bumper numbers
> are also used by the
> military to specifically identify each vehicle (by
> unit and number).
> Therefore, I pose the question: What is the
> "military vehicle
> identification number?"
>
> Personally, I don't care what the DMV uses for my
> registration, but they're
> sitting on my application while they "look in to
> this." The text of the
> specific law is reproduced below:
>
> C. In lieu of the license plates provided in
> Subsections A and B of this
> Section, the secretary shall authorize the use of
> the military vehicle
> identification number stenciled on the vehicle in
> white or yellow letters
> and numbers in accordance with military regulations.
>
> Clearly, this could mean either the USA number
> (typically stenciled on the
> hood or inside the doors), or this could mean the
> bumper numbers (front and
> rear). Police can't see the USA number if it is
> stenciled on the insides of
> the doors, but I think that the military uses the
> USA number as the unique
> vehicle ID regardless of what unit it is assigned
> to. Also, I think that
> the bumper numbers are assigned by the unit, so that
> could change on a daily
> basis at the discretion of the commander, so any one
> vehicle could have had
> countless bumper numbers.
>
> Is there a TM or other authoritative government
> source document that talks
> about USA numbers or bumper numbers in terms of
> "military vehicle
> identification number?" If so, that would be a big
> help because I'm trying
> to get this stalled process back in motion.
>
> Thanks,
> - John Brian Seeling
> Alexandria, LA
>
>
>
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