What’s funny is that I know someone who has done this for 20 years. He just doesn’t register it in his name when he buys them. Consequently he doesn’t have insurance either. Or a valid license. He’s not a sovereign citizen type, just the cheap unemployed type that just can’t be bothered to get any of that. And that’s really the difference. He doesn’t actively challenge the government to recognize his disregard for laws or participating in normal society. He just does it. Quietly.
Is it up to the buyer, where you are, to register the vehicle with a new owner?
In the Uk, at least in my experience, the seller sends off their vehicle log book with the new owner details, and the DVLA sends the buyer a new log book
In the US in a private sale, the buyer goes in person with the seller to the nearest tag agency or dept. of motor vehicles office) and the buyer pays a fee to have a title transferred and filed promptly with the state/territory. The seller is right there to sign the title transfer and make sure it happens. If you are selling to a dealership or other business, they have it filed electronically and you have to follow up with them many times to make sure that it got filed properly. Source: painful experience.
Too risky. Would you want another SovCit to be at the wheel of something as dangerous as a car, but with your name still attached to the VIN? If the car is used in the commission of Sneaky Shit, the cops might call you up. That would be like selling a gun or a house without transferring ownership legally.
Just sell it? Registration switches to the buyer and you can take the cash and buy the same car and never register it.
Not that this is a good idea but that’s how I’d do it
What’s funny is that I know someone who has done this for 20 years. He just doesn’t register it in his name when he buys them. Consequently he doesn’t have insurance either. Or a valid license. He’s not a sovereign citizen type, just the cheap unemployed type that just can’t be bothered to get any of that. And that’s really the difference. He doesn’t actively challenge the government to recognize his disregard for laws or participating in normal society. He just does it. Quietly.
Is it up to the buyer, where you are, to register the vehicle with a new owner?
In the Uk, at least in my experience, the seller sends off their vehicle log book with the new owner details, and the DVLA sends the buyer a new log book
In the US in a private sale, the buyer goes in person with the seller to the nearest tag agency or dept. of motor vehicles office) and the buyer pays a fee to have a title transferred and filed promptly with the state/territory. The seller is right there to sign the title transfer and make sure it happens. If you are selling to a dealership or other business, they have it filed electronically and you have to follow up with them many times to make sure that it got filed properly. Source: painful experience.
Too risky. Would you want another SovCit to be at the wheel of something as dangerous as a car, but with your name still attached to the VIN? If the car is used in the commission of Sneaky Shit, the cops might call you up. That would be like selling a gun or a house without transferring ownership legally.