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Joseph
Joseph asked in Cars & TransportationInsurance & Registration · 5 years ago

What do I do with my registration and plate after I sell my car?

I am currently trying to sell a truck on Craigslist. In my state (NM), the MVD has a plate-to-owner policy, meaning that my plate belongs to me, and gets transferred from vehicle to vehicle.

I'm just wondering when I sell the truck, do I let the new owner drive home on my plates, or do I take them off on site and make them drive home with no plates?

I'm obviously going to take my registration papers out of the truck before I sell it. So if I let the person drive home with my plates, can I just take the registration to the MVD and get it cancelled without actually having the plate with me?

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  • Eva
    Lv 7
    5 years ago
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    No you can't cancel your registration without the plate and you'd be foolish to let the buyer keep your plate. You have 2 choices. Have the buyer get a temporary plate or follow the buyer home and remove your plate at his residence. Actually there is a third choice. They could take the vehicle home on a flatbed. He can't drive it home with no plate.

  • Ron
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    That is the responsibility of the new owner. Take you plates

  • Poppy
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    The plates are yours, take them.

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