Buying a Class A coach in Texas
I plan to buy a coach from a private party (not a dealer) in Texas. I plan to fly there in a couple of weeks and drive it home to West Virginia. I will need some sort of temporary tag good for a...
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bob_nestor wrote:Empty Nest, Soon wrote:BigRabbitMan wrote:
Based on your question, I assume that the coach does not have current TX registration. Is that correct?
Not correct.
The coach is currently titled and registered in Texas. The current owner will be purchasing a different coach, therefore will keep the current plates.
I’m not sure that it would be legal for me to drive it back with his plates anyway after I pay him and the title is signed over to me.
Wayne
What makes you think the current owner will keep the plates? Are they personalized plates, or just normal run of the mill plates? In Texas the plates on vehicles usually stay with the vehicle. I've never had the plates transferred from an old vehicle to a new one that I bought here in Texas.
Depends on the state. ND went from the plate belongs to the vehicle, to the plate belongs to the owner, and you can keep the plate and put on another vehicle.
We bought our Bluebird in GA. We got insurance before we flew down, and took that paperwork with us. We drove it home with the PO's plates still on, and then mailed the plate back to him.
