CC at PSP Barracks

[tmountjr]

This seems like it should be a quick question but I'm a little unclear a.) how the PSP barracks work and b.) if they fall under the "detention facilities" part of the law prohibiting carry. I need to turn in the plates from my old car eventually and the quickest and cheapest way seems to be at the local barracks five minutes down the road from the garage where the car is currently. Can I CC in there? Do they have some sort of firearm check? Should I just leave the gun in the car while I pop in and out? This is the barracks on Airport Road in Allentown, if it makes a difference. (If not there, then if anyone has info on the Bensalem barracks, since that's close to my office during the week.) Thanks!

[headcase]

Why would you take them there? Put them in an envelope and mail them here:

Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Return Tag Unit
P.O. Box 68597
Harrisburg, PA 17106-8597

Once your plate has been received, it will be marked as a "dead tag." By returning your PA license plate to PennDOT, this will help protect you from someone using your plate fraudulently.

Or stop at a drivers center....

To the original question, there is debate about the definition of detention facility, and some barracks have had no problem, while others have told people they can't carry. No one knows for sure, that I have ever seen.

[Statkowski]

Or don't return them. Stick them somewhere (in your garage?) and let them die a slow, painful death.

Right now I've got one temporarily plugging up a hole in my garage roof until I can reshingle it.

[normanvin]

This seems like it should be a quick question but I'm a little unclear a.) how the PSP barracks work and b.) if they fall under the "detention facilities" part of the law prohibiting carry. I need to turn in the plates from my old car eventually and the quickest and cheapest way seems to be at the local barracks five minutes down the road from the garage where the car is currently. Can I CC in there? Do they have some sort of firearm check? Should I just leave the gun in the car while I pop in and out? This is the barracks on Airport Road in Allentown, if it makes a difference. (If not there, then if anyone has info on the Bensalem barracks, since that's close to my office during the week.) Thanks!

Turn them in?

[streaker69]

Turn them in?

That's what I was wondering? I have plates hanging in my garage with the reg tags removed. People actually turn them in?

[tmountjr]

I got a nasty-gram from penndot last week after I switched my insurance to my new car. The old one has a busted engine and isn't worth repairing so it's languishing in a garage while I figure out what to do with it, but as of now it's not officially scrapped, sold, etc. The title is still in my name. Penndot told me to just surrender the tags and that's all they'd need.

Anyone interested in a '94 Escort with 96k miles and a bottom end bearing knock?

[normanvin]

I got a nasty-gram from penndot last week after I switched my insurance to my new car. The old one has a busted engine and isn't worth repairing so it's languishing in a garage while I figure out what to do with it, but as of now it's not officially scrapped, sold, etc. The title is still in my name. Penndot told me to just surrender the tags and that's all they'd need.

Anyone interested in a '94 Escort with 96k miles and a bottom end bearing knock?

Why didn't you just switch the tags to the new car? I have never heard of penndot asking for the tags.

[tmountjr]

Didn't know you could do that. What can I say, I'm new here.

[Brillfan]

Turn them in?

I have plenty of old plates in my garage. I paid for them. If PennDot wants them back, I will be happy to sell them back at a tidy profit.

[Daycrawler]

Keep your old tags and the registration card together. when you buy a new car the plate will still be good, once you re register the tag. No need to pay for a new one.($52 vs $36 last I bought a car) Truck tags and car tags are diffrent, keeping that in mind you can save a few bucks!