okay stop and keep this simple!
You DO NOT need a special license in TN, PERIOD
Register bus as personal vehicle and put regular car tags on it, no need for weighted tags
use farm bureau insurance and DO NOT TRY to get full coverage, if your bus gets damaged enough in an accident to warrant full coverage ,you are probably dead
This is TN, there are NO requirements for making it an RV, it is a PERSONAL vehicle, same way you can own and drive a dumptruck etc...no commercial, then no problems
Welcome and where in TN
Read this thread <snip>
I WROTE THIS
let me find my emails,
have them take the title down to county clerks office, hand the title to clerk and say you need tags for this...DO NOT MAKE A FUSS ABOUT IT BEING A BUS, TN IT DOESN'T MATTER!!!!!!!!
People at tag office don't have a clue (and if they are clueless, they will send it to the next person) so keep it simple, if they say you need x y and z...tell them no you don't and hand them this copy of email
This is email conversation at state level
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Thank you very much
Doug
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From: Email T&R [mailto:Email.T&R@tn.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:34 AM
To: Doug
Subject: RE: title info needed
No list on this type of project. Just keep your receipts and/or bill of sales for the things you get to convert.
Maybe from the different info you received it was for a rebuilt vehicle. Like if it was wrecked and you were rebuilding it. But that does not comply to your project.
Hope this helps,
Kathy
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From: Doug
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:17 AM
To: Email T&R
Subject: RE: title info needed
Kathy
Thank you for the response
I have just been told different things about beds, cooking area and water supplies etc
I just want to do this correctly the first time and had hoped there was an actual list to use as a guide
Thank you
Doug
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From: Email T&R [mailto:Email.T&R@tn.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:09 AM
To: Doug Haynes
Subject: RE: title info needed
Good Morning,
Thank you for your email. Did you receive a title for the bus? If so, along with the title and you receipts for the conversion portion of the bus is all that you will need to title and register the vehicle. It may still be coded as a bus in our system, but you will register as a passenger vehicle.
Hope this helps,
Kathy
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From: Doug
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:04 AM
To: Email T&R
Subject: title info needed
I am buying a used school bus to convert to a motor home
I am looking for the required equipment to comply with a title transfer to a motor home
After several phone calls to local dmv I have received several very different answers
I can not find specific TN ann. codes to cover this
Can you help me?
Thank you
Doug
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Lastly get REGULAR tags you
do not need weighted tags...
Here is link:
Current Tennessee License Plate
"Current Tennessee License Plate - This plate is available to Tennessee residents who are registering private passenger motor vehicles known as cars, station wagons, vans or pick-up trucks up to 3/4 ton rating and 9000 pounds and under in weight.
This plate is valid for all motor homes regardless of their weight. The annual fee is $21.50."
so you can even get personalized plates.......
it really is this easy...K.I.S.S.
Again welcome