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Pretty much anywhere with a sensible idea of what liability means. When the car is gone, you're not liable for it. This year a car I used to drive was involved

Pretty much anywhere with a sensible idea of what liability means. When the car is gone, you're not liable for it. This year a car I used to drive was involved in a serious accident. I sold the car 7 years ago, the owner was just driving it illegally without registration. A few minutes on the phone with the police officer and it was cleared up.

tingletech 10y ago
so far I can't find a single state where you don't have to notify the DMV of a title transfer. I don't agree that this is some crazy "only in California" type of deal.
- aidenn0 10y ago
  I don't know if it's still the case, but it used to be in Virginia that it was the buyer's responsibility to notify the DMV; the seller signed and handed over the title; if the buyer never registered the car it would be completely possible for the DMV to not have record of the transfer in that case.
  - alistairSH 10y ago
    While not required, the seller can also mail back their registration with a notice of sale (there is a small form on the back of the registration card, if I remember correctly).
  - tingletech 10y ago
    Looks like Virginia is currently one of those states where you have to turn in the license plates -- so how would the camera ticket get to you? https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#selling.asp https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#selling.asp In California, the plates stay with the car (unless they are vanity or you are attached to your plate number)
- jmaygarden 10y ago
  I don't know about cars, but I had this happen with a boat that I sold in Florida. The buyer is supposed to register the boat. The registration sticker did not expire for another year. So, they didn't bother to pay the fees. When I went to the DMV a few months later to renew a car registration, they thought that I still owned the boat. They said it happens all the time. I had the bill of sale to sort things out.
- hydrogen18 10y ago
  I never said it was "crazy", you inferred that yourself.

tingletech 10y ago

so far I can't find a single state where you don't have to notify the DMV of a title transfer. I don't agree that this is some crazy "only in California" type of deal.

aidenn0 10y ago
I don't know if it's still the case, but it used to be in Virginia that it was the buyer's responsibility to notify the DMV; the seller signed and handed over the title; if the buyer never registered the car it would be completely possible for the DMV to not have record of the transfer in that case.
- alistairSH 10y ago
  While not required, the seller can also mail back their registration with a notice of sale (there is a small form on the back of the registration card, if I remember correctly).
- tingletech 10y ago
  Looks like Virginia is currently one of those states where you have to turn in the license plates -- so how would the camera ticket get to you? https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#selling.asp https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#selling.asp In California, the plates stay with the car (unless they are vanity or you are attached to your plate number)
jmaygarden 10y ago
I don't know about cars, but I had this happen with a boat that I sold in Florida. The buyer is supposed to register the boat. The registration sticker did not expire for another year. So, they didn't bother to pay the fees. When I went to the DMV a few months later to renew a car registration, they thought that I still owned the boat. They said it happens all the time. I had the bill of sale to sort things out.
hydrogen18 10y ago
I never said it was "crazy", you inferred that yourself.