Texas’ paper tag problem goes beyond crooked dealers who sold tags to cash in on black market profits.
focused on just Fort Worth. Through an open records request, our team obtained a TxDMV list which helped us identify small non-franchised car dealers in the city that have issued a lot of paper tags.
But Arellano-Garcia acknowledged that even though TxDMV records show she issued almost 1,100 buyer's tags last year she did not sell nearly 1,100 cars. When dealers issue multiple buyer's tags to the same car it can allow drivers to avoid paying registration for months, and it puts more paper tags on the road. That creates additional challenges for police who are trying to spot fraudulent ones in the middle of a virtual sea of questionable tags now seen on Texas streets.For the TxDMV, catching dealers who are misusing tags can be tough. The agency only has only 35 investigators statewide to check on more than 20,000 registered dealers.
Records show Chacon’s issued more than 2,200 temporary tags in 2021 -- the most of any non-franchised dealer in Fort Worth. But a neighbor told us he never saw cars in large numbers even when Chacon’s was there. visited was actually at their licensed address. That dealer, Zoom-In Auto Sale on Berry Street, issued more than 1,200 buyer's tags in 15 months according to TxDMV records.his dealership never sold tags.Saboor Jawshan, left, walks with NBC 5's Scott Friedman through his parking lot.saw two cars with questionable tags. A check of the VIN on the tags found neither car had a state inspection in the last 180 days which means under DMV rules those cars shouldn't have buyer's tags.
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