Motor Vehicle just sent me something saying I failed to keep insurance on vehicle what do I do?

See if you can get a duplicate receipt.

I'm curious where you are.

Each place has different laws.

Get a letter from your former insurance company showing you had insurance on the vehicle before selling it. Take that and the receipt you got for turning in the plates to the DMV and that will be corrected. If you can not do that you are going to have a very hard time coming your way.

What U.S. state are you in?

Your motor vehicle Dept. obviously doesn't know that you no longer own the car...and/or the new owner has not yet got a title or bought plates for the car that you sold to him. In addition, Some (not all) US states DMV's require that you notify them when/if you sell a vehicle. Go to the DMV now with proof that you sold the car, proof that until you sold the car that it was insured and the date that you sold the car and the name of the person that you sold the car to.

You show them a copy of the paperwork they printed for you when you sold the car and turned in the plates, dummy. It ain't rocket science.

It's a form letter that was sent to you because the buyer never registered the car in his name. According to the DMV database, YOU still own the car and YOU have let the insurance lapse. Somewhere in the letter (maybe at the bottom or on the back), it will say, "If you no longer own this vehicle, fill in the information that is requested below and mail this letter back to us". Do what it says, and mail the letter back to the DMV in order that they can remove your name from their database as being the owner of the vehicle.

In State of Delusion you just toss the notice, wait for police to get you for the hit and run of vehicle still in your name- but get release next day when judge says nothing wrong. In State of Confusion, you post query on Yahoo and expect legal advice?? In some other state- might go to DOT and give old p[late number, get cleared up right away--OR be told will cost $100.00 for title reissue and transfer or maybe a non operation certificate or maybe a transfer of vehicle form . Depends a lot on ACTUAL STATE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED IN. Maybe vehicle was in attampted hit and run, not transferred and your name comes up as owner yet with no insurance? Maybe driver gave your name to police nad they accepted that name as it came up for vehicle owner? Motor vehicle l sent 'something'? What did they actually send- a notice of no insurance renewal on record as required by State LAW OF A ACTUAL STATE? Or a accident report form that said financial responsibility needs to be satisfied on crash, send money or proof of insurance?

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This is why it's important to keep receipts for five or even ten years.

What you must do now is gather all the evidence you have and go and speak to DMV

Just turning in the plates was not sufficient. In most states, there is a portion of the title at the bottom that you are supposed to fill out, tear off, and mail or deliver to the DMV, listing the name and address of the buyer and the date of sale. Alternately you could have filled out a registration cancellation form and turned that in. At the very least, you should have made a note of the date. The DMV should have a record of it, but clerical errors do happen. They should also be able to determine if that VIN number has been re-titled and re-registered. If you have to, go to a title company, pay a small fee and have them research it for you.