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Originally Posted by SteveYem
Thanks for that input! That’s a fair point- I assumed for some reason that he’d keep his plate, but if he doesn’t have another car to use it on (or want to hang onto it for some reason) then it should stay on the car. But in any case, it seems I need to go to the DMV and get a temporary registration in my name. Good to know!
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Well if the plate stays on the car you will be fine. Having no plate on the car is excellent probably cause to pull you over. Most private sellers don’t take the plates off of the car because they will be issued new ones later on. I’ve only had one issue with leaving my plate on the car to the new buyer. The new buyer drove it from Texas to New Jersey and accidentally ran the tolls in some state. Well the registration at the time still came back to me. I got the bill for it but it was quickly taken care of as I had a bill of sale (not notarized) showing that the car was sold prior to the date of the citation.