On a flatbed wrecker - if it is not insured. Most states allow up to thirty days to get a tag for it when you buy the car. But the states also say you must have liability insurance to drive it on their highways. It is sometimes difficult to arrange insurance coverage when you are out shopping for a car from an owner after work hours. God forbid you have a wreck driving it home with no insurance but it does happen. When you buy it you put a plate size sign in the plate area with large letters: the date on it for a 30 days later date. Like 5/23/08. You can try the same thing tag sign with a car you already own and are trying to deliver to a repair man to get the emissions or the car working better. If you get pulled over because of your bad driving or other you will have a problem.
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You can drive a vehicle home from Illinois to Indiana with temporary plates. It is important to keep your purchase paperwork with you during the travel.
Not very smart. You could be caught and ticketed.
Yes, the car has been sold with the plates.
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ya, as long as you don't get your plates ran by a pig. The info about your cars appearance is gave to cops when they run your plates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No, it's not a good idea. A tag is registered to one vehicle and could get you a ticket if you get pulled over. You can drive a newly purchased car home with insurance from your other car though.
No, I did not sell my car in Texas and leave the plates on it.
No, typically plates are kept by the owner when selling a car.
No. The plates need to be on the same car they are registered to, so you can't go take the plates off a car of a dead person and put them on a different car. Let's say you inherit the car so you would go have the car put in your name and the plates would stay on the car but in your name. If you took the plates off a car to use on another car that would be stealing the plates. This could result in arrest.
When selling a car, you typically keep the license plates and transfer them to your new vehicle. The buyer will need to get new plates for the car they are purchasing.
When a car is sold, the license plates typically stay with the car and are transferred to the new owner.
It is important to remove the license plates when selling a car.