Selling Trailer with Expired Tag
I am selling my fifth wheel (located in Maryland) to a buyer who lives in California. My tag has expired and I am trying to find a way to avoid renewing a 2-year registration, but I want the buyer not...
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Tom N wrote:
I think it's illegal in all states to use plates from the previous owner.
NOT true. at least in Oregon, the plate can remain with the vehicle and when you go to DMV you can either have that plate transferred to you as a new owner or get a new plate.
Personally, I always take the plate off and let the new buyer get a temporary plate. But I've bought several used vehicles complete with the plate, and when I went to DMV, unless I asked, they wouldn't issue a new plate, but just changed regisration information.
As a buyer it saves new owner money since all you pay for is title tansfer and not registration/plate fees since you don't need to pay those till the plate expires.
As a seller, you then can't transer that plate to another vehicle and have to pay for a new plate.
When I gave our Duramax to our son, we both kept our plates. Mine with almost 2 years left went on the new duramax, saved me 2 yrs registration, Son took the plates off his s-10 and transferred them to my old duramax, and again saved about 2 years registration fees
