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In California the plates stay with the car, not the owner. Other states are different.
by sjburt 10y ago
In California the plates stay with the car, not the owner. Other states are different.
- alistairSH 10y agoI did not know that. That seems like a terrible idea for exactly the reason we're discussing this. Does CA have a web site available where a seller can relinquish ownership? If not, it seems the time between the actual sale and one or other of the seller or buyer going to the DMV would have the car in legal limbo wrt ownership.
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoIn Indiana, the plates stay with the owner. Yet you can relignquish ownership of a vehicle either in the office or online. I'd not be surprised to find out that other states have a similar option.
- hedora 10y agoIt is indeed a terrible idea to have thhe plates follow the car. There is a website, but it only updates the DMV database in a timely, the database the city police / courts use can be > 6 months out of date.