What do you do with the previous owner's license plate?

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 07/08/2018 at 12:43 • Filed to: None

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Get some painters tape and a 50 cent t ube of yellow paint...

Now everyone will get out of my way!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 12:53

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welp... learnt something new

over here the plate is with the car for life(unless you pay for a custom)

Cé hé sin > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 12:58

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Well, in my case you leave it just where it was because different rules!

Urambo Tauro > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 13:02

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F l a t l i c e nse plates! I ’ d g o t t e n s o u s e d t o s t a m p e d o n e s, I d i d n ’ t k n o w these were still a thing .

M.T. Blake > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 13:04

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Unless their plate is florescent orange they might. The orange plated cars are the ones to avoid. Pass or follow at your own risk. They don’t know the line or even where they are...

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 13:10

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Where do you live that you get the previous owner’s plates? I live in Ohio and the plate stays with the person, so you just have to drive it home with no plates or borrowed plates. (Technically you’re supposed to go to the BMV and get plates and only then go get the car from the seller, but nobody does that)

Ash78, voting early and often > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 13:20

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Bury it at least 500’ from their body so the police have a harder time with their grid search.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 13:21

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If the plate # i sn’t transferred with the car you’re supposed to return it to the RMV...

Rainbow > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 07/08/2018 at 13:29

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Georgia. You’re actually supposed to keep their plate on until you get yours in the mail. It’s possible to transfer plates from vehicle to vehicle, but in general, you get a new one every time the car is registered to a new owner.

Rainbow > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/08/2018 at 13:31

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Not in Georgia, as far as I know. They reissue numbers sometimes, but never the same exact tag. They don’t care what happens to it after it’s no longer being used.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 13:32

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Huh. Here in MA usually the plates stay with the owner and can be reused on your next  car. Otherwise, you turn them back in to the RMV.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 13:41

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Yeah, here plates can go vehicle to vehicle. We had one that went from my dad’s Mazda 626 to a Buick LeSabre to an Accord, then a Kia Optima, then finally to a Subaru Legacy. After 20+ years, it had become illegible and my mom was ticketed for a plate the officer couldn’t read; apparently, speed cameras could, because she got a ticket from one a week later. I wish our plates still looked like this:

So clean, so simple.

E92M3 > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 14:19

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Uhh. You know people don’t even know how a 4 Way stop works in GA. They have no idea what the “let pass/move over” flag is.

Rainbow > E92M3 07/08/2018 at 14:32

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Very true. At least those who understand it should appreciate it.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/08/2018 at 15:11

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In states I’ve lived in they either are replaced when the car is sold (most states, so you end up with all  these useless plates) or they stay with the car forever with some exceptions (CA). CA will also transfer normal plates around... It is the most sensible regulatory environment I’ve encountered when it comes to car tags.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Urambo Tauro 07/08/2018 at 15:16

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They issue flat ones in some states. My state issues flat ones for new  vanity plates... My MIL has some old stamped vanity plates and they ship her fresh flat ones periodically, but she keeps her old stamped ones.

Urambo Tauro > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/08/2018 at 15:23

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Weird. I would have thought that the inherent  rigidity of the stamping would have all states/provinces abandoning flat plates.

shop-teacher > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 15:48

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I thought you were supposed to run toll booths and red light cameras with it.

Nom De Plume > shop-teacher 07/08/2018 at 16:39

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Spring load it to shoot into place.  They will ticket you if they catch you but somewhere deep in administration you will be a minor hero to traffic professionals.

Frenchlicker > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/08/2018 at 17:02

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In IN its really up to whomever owned the plate. If it’s expired it wouldn’t matter, if not it has a tiny value to the person it’s regi to. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/08/2018 at 17:07

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Here in Nova Scotia, Canada the owner keeps the plates from their previous car. They can either keep them for whatever (wall decorations, whatever - as long as they are de-registered from use on any car at the DMV and therefore illegal to mount on a new car). Or they can return them to the DMV or register the same plates on their new car. The plates are registered to the owner moreso (but also the car) in the system, but that is how you can transfer the same plates to another car. You’re sortof buying the plates from the DMV in a sense. The plates on my 2009 Accent are the same ones I had on my 2002 Subaru Impreza when I had it - you just let the DMV know the plates are no longer on the previous car but are going to be on a different one, explain why (car was sold, car was scrapped, car was in an accident, etc), pay a fee and bam.

Mom got new plates for her 2010 Accent sedan when she got it, but before that she had the same plates on her 2000 Civic sedan that were on her 1993 Chevy Cavalier before that....and her 1993 Dodge Caravan before that, going back all the way to the mid-90s!

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Rainbow 07/08/2018 at 21:59

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Michigan is similar to OH, plate stays with the owner. And you can transfer it to a new car as well. I’ve purchased a new plate every year since I started driving, started in Ohio, and now in Michigan. Only a few bucks on top of the registration for a new plate. It’s a big stack of plates now.

We can drive without a plate to home or Secretary of State (Michigan DMV equivalent) with a signed title.

Oh yeah, Front plates suck.  

McMike > Rainbow 07/09/2018 at 11:11

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When I bought my last motorcycle, the seller (Don) sent me on my way with his license plate. I brought a plate with me to get the bike home, but since it never came up at the end of the transaction, I just used his. I planned on just throwing it away.

When I sold the old motorcycle I took my plate off it before the buyer (Carlos) came to pick it up. When he got there, Carlos asked me (because he didn’t think about it before hand) if he could use my old license plate to transport it back to Maryland. I had his address, copy of his license, etc.... so I figured what the hell, and put it on.. I made him promise to send it back as soon as he got home.

I ended up throwing Don’s plate away when Carlos mailed it back a few days later