A couple years ago, I shut down my contracting business, to work full time on totally renovating my NJ home, my deceased Father's home and my NC home. I bought my Chevy Silverado from my company, and registered it in my name. The truck has ladder racks.

NJ likes to set up on road vehicle check points to look for outdated inspection stickers. A few days ago I got stuck in one. The young, wet behind the ears cop stopped me. He wanted to know why I did not have commercial tags and company signs on my truck. I told him that I was "retired" (I'm 60) and that the truck was registered as a personal vehicle. He told me to pull over to the side so they could ticket me. I again explained to him that I had purchased the vehicle from my closed down buisness, that I was now retired, and the vehicle was for personal use. He said that he didn't care. Pull over for a ticket. Thankfully, an older NJ Motor Vehicle Officer had overheard the exchange, and told me to "move on", above the protests of the local cop.

So, now I guess it's against the law to put ladder racks on your personal pickup truck in NJ. I sure hope this house sells fast, so I can get out of this blasted state for good.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

Sell them all and move to Oregon. It’s definitely an outdoorsman’s paradise.

Cathcam13 wrote:

he's nevah leaving North Cackalacky!

frankj1 wrote:

Move to California... you'll be thankful for what you had...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

New Jersey does make people want to leave, but they try to charge you for that as well.

shaun341 wrote:

Yes, the good old, fabled "NJ Exit Tax". It is true that if you are leaving the state, the state withholds 8% of the expected Capital Gains from the sale of your home at settlement. What many don't know, is that if you then file a non-resident tax return the following year, the state must refund what they withheld. Problem is, most don't know to file the return, or just plain forget, so they end up forfeiting what was withheld. So there really isn't an "Exit Tax", but I can see how that story came to life.

We're moving in with my sister for about an hour before we run for the border, so at settlement we'll technically still be residents of NJ and therefore avoid the withholding.

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

Yes, the good old, fabled "NJ Exit Tax". It is true that if you are leaving the state, the state withholds 8% of the expected Capital Gains from the sale of your home at settlement. What many don't know, is that if you then file a non-resident tax return the following year, the state must refund what they withheld. Problem is, most don't know to file the return, or just plain forget, so they end up forfeiting what was withheld. So there really isn't an "Exit Tax", but I can see how that story came to life.

We're moving in with my sister for about an hour before we run for the border, so at settlement we'll technically still be residents of NJ and therefore avoid the withholding.

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

I hope that the US News and World Report's ranking of CA as "worst in quality of life" has a desired effect: convince a bunch of people to move out!!!

Reminds me of Yogi Berra..."nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"

Texas, Illinois and Indiana were in the bottom along with NJ.

Guess which were the best in quality of life: North Dakota ranked first followed by Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and South Dakota.

delta1 wrote: