Re: bought new camry - licence plates

Your question is best directed to your local office of the Department of
Motor Vehicles (DMV). But, in California, the plates (non-vanity type)
remain on the car from one owner to the next, so I _think_ you should leave
the plates on. If you are a member of the Automobile Club (AAA), then you
should go to the local office and they will help you with your registration
requirements. If you are not a member of the AAA, then you have to go to the
DMV to get the registration paper work completed.

Carry the transfer papers with you as you operate the vehicle, so that if
you are stopped for any reason, you can demonstrate ownership. In CA, you
must complete the registration within either 5 or 10 days, I forget which.
Once you have the registration completed, keep the title (pink slip) in a
safe place -- such as a fire proof box, or a safety deposit box at the bank.


<prakash3000bc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1166221851.954501.306220@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>I live in Illinois .. I just bought my first car - an used car today.
> The owner signed the title and bill of sale for me but didnot remove
> the licence plates (non vanity)
>
> I was wondering if I can continue driving around with his plates ON.??
>
> will that cause any problems for me?
>
> also, how many days do i have before I register my car with the DMV?
>
> Do I need to apply for new plates at the DMV
>
> Thanks much
>[/color]

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:S9CdnUow--dHuR7YnZ2dnUVZ_q-vnZ2d@ez2.net...[color=blue]
> Your question is best directed to your local office of the Department of
> Motor Vehicles (DMV). But, in California, the plates (non-vanity type)
> remain on the car from one owner to the next, so I _think_ you should
> leave the plates on. If you are a member of the Automobile Club (AAA),
> then you should go to the local office and they will help you with your
> registration requirements. If you are not a member of the AAA, then you
> have to go to the DMV to get the registration paper work completed.
>
> Carry the transfer papers with you as you operate the vehicle, so that if
> you are stopped for any reason, you can demonstrate ownership. In CA, you
> must complete the registration within either 5 or 10 days, I forget which.
> Once you have the registration completed, keep the title (pink slip) in a
> safe place -- such as a fire proof box, or a safety deposit box at the
> bank.
>
>
> <prakash3000bc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1166221851.954501.306220@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>>I live in Illinois .. I just bought my first car - an used car today.
>> The owner signed the title and bill of sale for me but didnot remove
>> the licence plates (non vanity)
>>
>> I was wondering if I can continue driving around with his plates ON.??
>>
>> will that cause any problems for me?
>>
>> also, how many days do i have before I register my car with the DMV?
>>
>> Do I need to apply for new plates at the DMV
>>
>> Thanks much
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Sorry, Jeff, but Illinois is not a (V) state it's an (O) state on the DOT
chart. Plates go with the Owner. Here in Illinois, the Secretary of
State's office handles vehicle registrations. Quaint, but then again,
Illinois has a lot of things like that. You're supposed to go to the SOS
office and they give you a Temporary plate until the permanent plates are
mailed to you. Some of them do plates OTC, the one up in Lake county does,
for instance. Also, many currency exchanges in the Chicago area handle SOS
things like titles, new registrations, etc. and they will issue a temporary
plate (right now they're in the xxx H xxx series.)

You think that's bad? In Arkansas, I used to have to take 2-3 hours to get
my car tags renewed. You had to get a card from the insurance company, get
the vehicle inspected, then go to the county courthouse and get a statement
from the county that you owed no taxes for that vehicle for that year, or
they had to validate your reciept for that year, then you had to go to the
Arkansas Department of Revenue office and turn all that paperwork in. Then,
for your money, all you got was two new stickers and a temporary
registration slip. (It had the permanent expiration date on it, but the
permanent registration card was mailed out from Little Rock.) For some
years I never got a permanent registration slip.

Titles in Illinois are not pink slips, they are rather an intricate looking
document that is separate from the vehicle registration. Most of them are
held by banks these days.

Charles of Schaumburg

> You think that's bad? In Arkansas, I used to have to take 2-3 hours[color=blue]
> to get my car tags renewed. You had to get a card from the insurance
> company, get the vehicle inspected, then go to the county courthouse
> and get a statement from the county that you owed no taxes for that
> vehicle for that year, or they had to validate your reciept for that
> year, then you had to go to the Arkansas Department of Revenue office
> and turn all that paperwork in. Then, for your money, all you got
> was two new stickers and a temporary registration slip. (It had the
> permanent expiration date on it, but the permanent registration card
> was mailed out from Little Rock.) For some years I never got a
> permanent registration slip.
> Titles in Illinois are not pink slips, they are rather an intricate
> looking document that is separate from the vehicle registration. Most of
> them are held by banks these days.
>
> Charles of Schaumburg[/color]

its a LITTLE easier now in Arkansas.

no inspections since 1997

dealer gives you temp plate ( since January 1, 2006), giving you 30 days to
register car with state

if you have a plate from an old car, you can transfer it for under $10.00
(transfer fees, and new title fee).

but, yeah, still have to have it on your assessment with the county
treasurer, and proof of liability insurance before you go to DMV.


--
" A FESTIVUS for THE REST OF US"
December 23

"Mark Hoffman" <betrtimes@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:bf3be$4584dc32$a228a767$2133@ALLTEL.NET...[color=blue][color=green]
>> You think that's bad? In Arkansas, I used to have to take 2-3 hours
>> to get my car tags renewed. You had to get a card from the insurance
>> company, get the vehicle inspected, then go to the county courthouse
>> and get a statement from the county that you owed no taxes for that
>> vehicle for that year, or they had to validate your reciept for that
>> year, then you had to go to the Arkansas Department of Revenue office
>> and turn all that paperwork in. Then, for your money, all you got
>> was two new stickers and a temporary registration slip. (It had the
>> permanent expiration date on it, but the permanent registration card
>> was mailed out from Little Rock.) For some years I never got a
>> permanent registration slip.
>> Titles in Illinois are not pink slips, they are rather an intricate
>> looking document that is separate from the vehicle registration. Most of
>> them are held by banks these days.
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg[/color]
>
> its a LITTLE easier now in Arkansas.
>
> no inspections since 1997
>
> dealer gives you temp plate ( since January 1, 2006), giving you 30 days
> to register car with state
>
> if you have a plate from an old car, you can transfer it for under $10.00
> (transfer fees, and new title fee).
>
> but, yeah, still have to have it on your assessment with the county
> treasurer, and proof of liability insurance before you go to DMV.
>
>
> --
> " A FESTIVUS for THE REST OF US"
> December 23
>[/color]

Is that in Little Rock, or does that apply to the other 74 counties, too?

I lived in three middle size counties (well, for Arkansas, anyway. In
Illinois, they'd be considered downright small.) Toward the end of my
time in Arkansas, you carried the insurance cards with you at all times, so
you didn't have to go get proof when you got your card, and if you had a
property tax statement marked paid already you didn't have to go to the
courthouse, but you still had to pay 3:25 to get your car inspected, (what a
joke) and you still had to wait in line at the Arkansas Department of
Revenue. (With the aversion to "Revenooers" in Arkansas, you would have
thought they would have called it something else.)

Charles of Schaumburg.

n5hsr wrote:[color=blue]
> Is that in Little Rock, or does that apply to the other 74 counties,
> too?
> I lived in three middle size counties (well, for Arkansas, anyway. In
> Illinois, they'd be considered downright small.) Toward the end of
> my time in Arkansas, you carried the insurance cards with you at all
> times, so you didn't have to go get proof when you got your card, and
> if you had a property tax statement marked paid already you didn't
> have to go to the courthouse, but you still had to pay 3:25 to get
> your car inspected, (what a joke) and you still had to wait in line
> at the Arkansas Department of Revenue. (With the aversion to
> "Revenooers" in Arkansas, you would have thought they would have
> called it something else.)
> Charles of Schaumburg.[/color]

I live in Sevier County... De Queen, SW arkansas

I keep insurance card in glove box , and one in billfold

state inspections were totally done away with sometime in 1997, according to
the people I rent from, all the inspection stickers I see still on
windshields are 1997.

I go add car to assessment, and go get new insurance card at State Farm, it
takes maybe an hour to transfer a car here in a small town.



--
" A FESTIVUS for THE REST OF US"
December 23

"Mark Hoffman" <betrtimes@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:56bfd$458710e1$a228a767$13551@ALLTEL.NET...[color=blue]
> n5hsr wrote:[color=green]
>> Is that in Little Rock, or does that apply to the other 74 counties,
>> too?
>> I lived in three middle size counties (well, for Arkansas, anyway. In
>> Illinois, they'd be considered downright small.) Toward the end of
>> my time in Arkansas, you carried the insurance cards with you at all
>> times, so you didn't have to go get proof when you got your card, and
>> if you had a property tax statement marked paid already you didn't
>> have to go to the courthouse, but you still had to pay 3:25 to get
>> your car inspected, (what a joke) and you still had to wait in line
>> at the Arkansas Department of Revenue. (With the aversion to
>> "Revenooers" in Arkansas, you would have thought they would have
>> called it something else.)
>> Charles of Schaumburg.[/color]
>
> I live in Sevier County... De Queen, SW arkansas
>
> I keep insurance card in glove box , and one in billfold
>
> state inspections were totally done away with sometime in 1997, according
> to the people I rent from, all the inspection stickers I see still on
> windshields are 1997.
>
> I go add car to assessment, and go get new insurance card at State Farm,
> it takes maybe an hour to transfer a car here in a small town.
>
>
>
> --
> " A FESTIVUS for THE REST OF US"
> December 23
>[/color]

I lived in Jonesboro, Helena and Arkadelphia. Last year was 1991.

Charles of Schaumburg

"n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:_ZKdnTp2zvhn7RrYnZ2dnUVZ_oKnnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=blue]
> "Mark Hoffman" <betrtimes@alltel.net> wrote in message
> news:56bfd$458710e1$a228a767$13551@ALLTEL.NET...[color=green]
>> n5hsr wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Is that in Little Rock, or does that apply to the other 74 counties,
>>> too?
>>> I lived in three middle size counties (well, for Arkansas, anyway. In
>>> Illinois, they'd be considered downright small.) Toward the end of
>>> my time in Arkansas, you carried the insurance cards with you at all
>>> times, so you didn't have to go get proof when you got your card, and
>>> if you had a property tax statement marked paid already you didn't
>>> have to go to the courthouse, but you still had to pay 3:25 to get
>>> your car inspected, (what a joke) and you still had to wait in line
>>> at the Arkansas Department of Revenue. (With the aversion to
>>> "Revenooers" in Arkansas, you would have thought they would have
>>> called it something else.)
>>> Charles of Schaumburg.[/color]
>>
>> I live in Sevier County... De Queen, SW arkansas
>>
>> I keep insurance card in glove box , and one in billfold
>>
>> state inspections were totally done away with sometime in 1997, according
>> to the people I rent from, all the inspection stickers I see still on
>> windshields are 1997.
>>
>> I go add car to assessment, and go get new insurance card at State Farm,
>> it takes maybe an hour to transfer a car here in a small town.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> " A FESTIVUS for THE REST OF US"
>> December 23
>>[/color]
>
> I lived in Jonesboro, Helena and Arkadelphia. Last year was 1991.
>
> Charles of Schaumburg
>[/color]

I checked a title, and there is no requirement for it to be notarized or
signed in front of some other official when transferring title in Illinois.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

You will find that requirement in the regulations, do a search. The agent
places his stamp, seal and signature as needed

mike


"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>
> "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:_ZKdnTp2zvhn7RrYnZ2dnUVZ_oKnnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=green]
>> "Mark Hoffman" <betrtimes@alltel.net> wrote in message
>> news:56bfd$458710e1$a228a767$13551@ALLTEL.NET...[color=darkred]
>>> n5hsr wrote:
>>>> Is that in Little Rock, or does that apply to the other 74 counties,
>>>> too?
>>>> I lived in three middle size counties (well, for Arkansas, anyway. In
>>>> Illinois, they'd be considered downright small.) Toward the end of
>>>> my time in Arkansas, you carried the insurance cards with you at all
>>>> times, so you didn't have to go get proof when you got your card, and
>>>> if you had a property tax statement marked paid already you didn't
>>>> have to go to the courthouse, but you still had to pay 3:25 to get
>>>> your car inspected, (what a joke) and you still had to wait in line
>>>> at the Arkansas Department of Revenue. (With the aversion to
>>>> "Revenooers" in Arkansas, you would have thought they would have
>>>> called it something else.)
>>>> Charles of Schaumburg.
>>>
>>> I live in Sevier County... De Queen, SW arkansas
>>>
>>> I keep insurance card in glove box , and one in billfold
>>>
>>> state inspections were totally done away with sometime in 1997,
>>> according to the people I rent from, all the inspection stickers I see
>>> still on windshields are 1997.
>>>
>>> I go add car to assessment, and go get new insurance card at State Farm,
>>> it takes maybe an hour to transfer a car here in a small town.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> " A FESTIVUS for THE REST OF US"
>>> December 23
>>>[/color]
>>
>> I lived in Jonesboro, Helena and Arkadelphia. Last year was 1991.
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg
>>[/color]
>
> I checked a title, and there is no requirement for it to be notarized or
> signed in front of some other official when transferring title in
> Illinois.
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)
>[/color]

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:Fy-dnc5epLa4lxXYUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=blue]
> You will find that requirement in the regulations, do a search. The agent
> places his stamp, seal and signature as needed
>
> mike
>[/color]
I did a search of Illinois regulations regarding motor vehicle titles, there
is no requirement that an official stamp, seal, notarize, or sign a title
transfer in Illinois, and have never had it done on vehicles I have sold to
private parties in this state, unlike the other 7 states where I have bought
and sold vehicles or audited dealer sales, where there are more protections
against fraud.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>
> "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:_ZKdnTp2zvhn7RrYnZ2dnUVZ_oKnnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=green]
>> "Mark Hoffman" <betrtimes@alltel.net> wrote in message
>> news:56bfd$458710e1$a228a767$13551@ALLTEL.NET...[color=darkred]
>>> n5hsr wrote:
>>>> Is that in Little Rock, or does that apply to the other 74 counties,
>>>> too?
>>>> I lived in three middle size counties (well, for Arkansas, anyway. In
>>>> Illinois, they'd be considered downright small.) Toward the end of
>>>> my time in Arkansas, you carried the insurance cards with you at all
>>>> times, so you didn't have to go get proof when you got your card, and
>>>> if you had a property tax statement marked paid already you didn't
>>>> have to go to the courthouse, but you still had to pay 3:25 to get
>>>> your car inspected, (what a joke) and you still had to wait in line
>>>> at the Arkansas Department of Revenue. (With the aversion to
>>>> "Revenooers" in Arkansas, you would have thought they would have
>>>> called it something else.)
>>>> Charles of Schaumburg.
>>>
>>> I live in Sevier County... De Queen, SW arkansas
>>>
>>> I keep insurance card in glove box , and one in billfold
>>>
>>> state inspections were totally done away with sometime in 1997,
>>> according to the people I rent from, all the inspection stickers I see
>>> still on windshields are 1997.
>>>
>>> I go add car to assessment, and go get new insurance card at State Farm,
>>> it takes maybe an hour to transfer a car here in a small town.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> " A FESTIVUS for THE REST OF US"
>>> December 23
>>>[/color]
>>
>> I lived in Jonesboro, Helena and Arkadelphia. Last year was 1991.
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg
>>[/color]
>
> I checked a title, and there is no requirement for it to be notarized or
> signed in front of some other official when transferring title in
> Illinois.
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)
>[/color]

Through 1973 you had to turn in your old registration card to get a new one,
and they had to be notarized. I also have a tranfer document to transfer
our 1970 plates from one vehicle to the other, and it's notarized by my
great-aunt. Basically it's just a typewritten letter saying that the plates
are being transfered to the new vehicle.

Charles of Schaumburg

If just anybody can sign a title why have a title? You are free to
believe whatever you wish.. ;)


mike


"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> news:Fy-dnc5epLa4lxXYUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=green]
>> You will find that requirement in the regulations, do a search. The
>> agent places his stamp, seal and signature as needed
>>
>> mike
>>[/color]
> I did a search of Illinois regulations regarding motor vehicle titles,
> there is no requirement that an official stamp, seal, notarize, or sign a
> title transfer in Illinois, and have never had it done on vehicles I have
> sold to private parties in this state, unlike the other 7 states where I
> have bought and sold vehicles or audited dealer sales, where there are
> more protections against fraud.
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)
>[/color]

"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
news:e49a7$4588276f$44a4a10d$2728@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=blue]
>
> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> news:Fy-dnc5epLa4lxXYUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=green]
>> You will find that requirement in the regulations, do a search. The
>> agent places his stamp, seal and signature as needed
>>
>> mike
>>[/color]
> I did a search of Illinois regulations regarding motor vehicle titles,
> there is no requirement that an official stamp, seal, notarize, or sign a
> title transfer in Illinois, and have never had it done on vehicles I have
> sold to private parties in this state, unlike the other 7 states where I
> have bought and sold vehicles or audited dealer sales, where there are
> more protections against fraud.
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)[/color]


What I mentioned about notarizing, maybe it's not needed in all states. But
I work for a leasing/management company and when drivers decide to purchase
the vehicles, the documents we send are normally notarized whenever
necessary whether it be on a bill of sale, title, etc. I don't work in that
specific department so don't know all the details for the different states.
We work with all 50 states, and different people worth with different
states.

-Dave

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:O3adnT9Bn6QFExXYUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=blue]
> If just anybody can sign a title why have a title? You are free to
> believe whatever you wish.. ;)
>
>
> mike
>[/color]

The former IL Secretary of State, who went on to become governor, was
recently sentenced to jail for all the shenanigans that went on while he was
SOS. Perhaps IL will smarten up and tighten the regulations on title
transfers.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

[color=blue]
>
> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:e49a7$4588276f$44a4a10d$2728@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=green]
>>
>> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
>> news:Fy-dnc5epLa4lxXYUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=darkred]
>>> You will find that requirement in the regulations, do a search. The
>>> agent places his stamp, seal and signature as needed
>>>
>>> mike
>>>[/color]
>> I did a search of Illinois regulations regarding motor vehicle titles,
>> there is no requirement that an official stamp, seal, notarize, or sign a
>> title transfer in Illinois, and have never had it done on vehicles I have
>> sold to private parties in this state, unlike the other 7 states where I
>> have bought and sold vehicles or audited dealer sales, where there are
>> more protections against fraud.
>> --
>>
>> Ray O
>> (correct punctuation to reply)
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]