Maybe I did mine wrong. I live in AR and bought mine from a private seller in TX. I drove down in my car, looked it over and made the deal. I gave my insurance company the VIN and they gave me an insurance certificate. I drove the Jeep back down, handed him a certified check and he gave me the signed title and a bill of sale. I hooked the Jeep up and drove home. When I got home I went to the DMV and got the tags. Maybe I am wrong, but I though if you had a bill of sale you had x amount of days to get the tag. Maybe I was just lucky and did not get stopped.
That's how it is in AR. I bought a Jeep a few years ago and was stopped on the way home because it did not have a tag on it. I showed the officer the bill of sale and the insurance certificate and he said have a nice day and walked away.
