I just moved to the great state of North Carolina from Tennessee not too long ago. I finally got around to transferring my tags over, and holy cow! I was introduced to the concept of property taxes, transfer and licensing fees, and some other fee that I'd never had to deal with in TN. Normally, I would go to the DMV and pay $75 a year. Here in NC, I got hit for over $200. Yikes. Hopefully that was a "welcome to NC" fee. Maybe it's not going to be as high each subsequent year? We'll see. Yuck, I'm also paying a state tax on my income too, which is something I'm not accustomed to.
What I can say for NC's DMV is that unlike what I'm used to, I quickly got in, was seen right away by an English-speaking employee, and got out in 5 minutes. In Memphis, you better take the day off, and arrive 30 minutes before opening time if you want to get out and not die of hunger that day. If you are in Memphis, and you must get a license or tags, bring a Gameboy or something, cause yer gonna be there a while!
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