|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Driver
|
CA out-of-state vehicle purchase
I'm looking at buying a vehicle from out-of-state. But the problem is that the seller is in a state (NH) that apparently doesn't issue titles to vehicles of a certain vintage. So all the seller has is a Bill of Sale--no official pink slip. Is that going to be a problem if I try to register the purchase here in CA?
__________________
1987 Venetian Blue (looks like grey) 930 Coupe 1990 Black 964 C2 Targa |
||
08-25-2011, 04:47 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 5,941
|
Road trip buddy? I'll be back in New Hampshire in a few weeks.
__________________
"Todd" 98 Tahoe ,2007 Saturn Vue 86 930 black and stock, 80 930 blue tracdog 91 Spec Miata (yeah I race a chick car) "life"ll kill ya" Warren Zevon |
||
|
08-25-2011, 05:02 PM
|
|
|
Driver
|
Totally forgot about your home base, Todd. If CA DMV makes this difficult, I may have to register the bike in New England (I was originally thinking MA, but if you're offering up a NH addy...), and then tranfer registration to CA once I have ownership. That part is a minor PITA, as I only travel to New England once or twice a year.
__________________
1987 Venetian Blue (looks like grey) 930 Coupe 1990 Black 964 C2 Targa |
||
|
08-25-2011, 06:18 PM
|
|
|
i want one of those...
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: formerly a grass shack in Hawaii, now Peoria, AZ
Posts: 3,030
|
not sure about CA, but I bought a vw rabbit pickup 7 years ago from a seller in CT (which I think has similar rules), and was able to register it in MD with a bill of sale. Took them a short while to research it (no titles issued for vehicles built in '81) but I was issued a title during the same visit to the dmv.
__________________
Jeff '72 911 T Targa widebody VTK #111385 http://www.911vtk.com |
||
|
09-01-2011, 01:41 PM
|
|
|
Detached Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: southern California
Posts: 26,964
|
I think over 8 years old you don't need a title.
__________________
Hugh |
||
|
09-01-2011, 02:01 PM
|
|
|
Control Group
|
I can pretty much guarantee it will be quite a PITA. I have spent the last two months trying to register a car I bought in OR.
Make sure he gives you the current registration, NOT a copy of it. Go to a small town DMV if at all possible, nothing in LA county
__________________
She was the kindest person I ever met |
||
|
09-01-2011, 04:50 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,364
|
IIRC If you are an AAA member they will do all the registration hassles for you ... may be worth the $50 membership just to do that...
__________________
“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.” |
||
|
09-01-2011, 05:32 PM
|
|
Ducati
1987 Porsche 930 3.3T
2004 Mazda Miata
