Sold car 5 years ago, now getting toll bill

[svauto-erotic855]

And no it wasn't a Mexican....it was a white dude who got the truck running and quickly flipped it for a profit.

Did he sell it to a wet back?

[EW]

Remove plates. Mail in form to the state. Problem solved.

[superclean]

You will be singing a different tune once one runs up 25k in toll fines and then kills some kids and an old lady who was dragged for blocks by running them over at Forest and Josey Ln with the car you sold them while they are driving drunk in it in the middle of the fucking day.

its happened to me twice

[TeeShock]

File a VTR dated when you sold it. I submitted mine in 2013 (5 years later). The DMV sent me a VTNC letter stating I no longer owned it as of 2008. I sent that to the billing company and they left me alone.

[LS1Goat]

I'll never understand why people don't remove their plates when you sell a vehicle. I've had buyers tell me that they are nervous about driving it home with no plates. Too bad. That's what a transit permit is for. Takes about 5 minutes on the DMV website. If you leave your plates/registration sticker on the car they will be in NO hurry to get it titled/registered. Even trading in at a dealership, remove your plates.

[mstng86]

I'll never understand why people don't remove their plates when you sell a vehicle. I've had buyers tell me that they are nervous about driving it home with no plates. Too bad. That's what a transit permit is for. Takes about 5 minutes on the DMV website. If you leave your plates/registration sticker on the car they will be in NO hurry to get it titled/registered. Even trading in at a dealership, remove your plates.

Because people don't want to look like assholes. I felt like an asshole taking the plates off of a vehicle JC316 bought from me. But you have to cover yourself. It is what it is.

[Forever_frost]

I had a guy get pissed two days ago because I pulled my purple heart plates off a bike. He threw a fit about me removing them. I informed him the plates were linked to me, not just the bike and they transfer vehicle to vehicle as long as I live.

People get pissed when you boost them a bit to get their new ride legal because you pull plates.

[bcoop]

I haven't always removed the plates, because I didn't know shit like this could come back on you. Then it happened to me. I've pulled plates off of every vehicle I've sold since. And yes, they tend to get cranky. I've always said "I sold you a car, not a license plate. Here is your money if you want it back." They usually stop at that point.

[A_A_G]

Can you pull of the state inspection/registration sticker of as well?

[likeitfast55]

You have to send this in. State form VTR-346(transfer of title) Same thing happened to me this year, sold two cars.
In both cases I received bills from NTTA with over 150 bucks in tolls. Soo glad I did this.
It was a simple phone call to NTTA to verify that I did indeed sell the car before the tolls were accrued..

[FastFord19]

I went to jail back in 2006 after I sold my truck and did not remove the plate or send in the transfer of title form.

Guy I sold the truck to decided to go through a McDonald's drive thru with a 10 foot deer blind and leave after causing damage to the building. Plate still came back to me so a warrant was issued.

[MrSS]

No need to pull plates, unless you want to keep a vanity plate. Send in the top portion of the title. Or take a few minutes and fill out the form online. I did that with my last vehicle. The plates & sticker were very new so I was sure they wouldn't transfer it over until they expired.

[mardyn]

Keep the plates... send in the form, protect yourself, 'cause you can damn sure bet the guy that has the car doesn't give a rat's a$$ if you're getting his bills from NTTA.

mardyn

[slow99]

Just figured I'd pop in and tell you what you should have done 5 years ago rather than something helpful now.

[Frank]

Yeah, had a guy bought a car from me, handed me the cash, I signed the title and started unscrewing the plates. He started getting pissed because he was going to flip it and I didn't give a rats ass.