Over the past 20-40 years, the regs have taken a definite slant to
the favor of stealers. Here, for instance, if you TRADE a car (at
the stealer) they can take your plate off and put it on the "new"
vehicle. As an individual, you have only a few days to buy a new car
after you sell a car to transfer plates. It is illegal to move a
plate to a car before the old one is sold. Makes no difference if is
not being used or if it is junked. No dice.
The old system was that when you sold a car, you turned the plates in
and got a refund. It was completely independent of purchasing. When
you purchased a vehicle, you bought a plate. clean and simple.
Only stealers can issue a temp paper plate.
In the past, johnny law let you drive a purchase (without plates) as
long as you had a bill of sale within 10 days. Not sure if that
still is true.
SOME STATES only allow dealers to issue temp tags....
LarryT
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