Car registration payment question

[Crusher47]

I'm fairly new to Texas ....got a bill in the mail today to renew the registration on a car I no longer own. When I traded this car in at the dealership, I got brand new plates. I assumed they cancelled the old ones, but apparently not.

Do I just write on the bill that I no longer own the vehicle and send it back? Hopefully I don't have to show up in person to clear this up.

[bluelineman]

I'm pretty sure it says to destroy the bill if you sold the vehicle.

[uhlawpup]

Yes, the instructions are on the paper you received. If you follow them, all will be well. Registration information on trade-ins can lag the actual transfer by several months.

[Crusher47]

Thanks guys!

[arrowdriver]

Not to mention, you can get automatic tickets after you have sold the car. I got those from Plano last year after I traded in my car. About a month later I suddenly got 4 red light tickets, so I had to prove I no longer owned the car. I hate automatic revenue generators.

[tous]

Not to mention, you can get automatic tickets after you have sold the car. I got those from Plano last year after I traded in my car. About a month later I suddenly got 4 red light tickets, so I had to prove I no longer owned the car. I hate automatic revenue generators.


How do you think we can afford to be 'America's Friendliest City' unless we get money from our neighbors? :supergrin:

[APD]

Not to mention, you can get automatic tickets after you have sold the car. I got those from Plano last year after I traded in my car. About a month later I suddenly got 4 red light tickets, so I had to prove I no longer owned the car. I hate automatic revenue generators.

Same here, I had parking tickets sent to me about 9 months after I sold the car.

[uhlawpup]

You know, I've said that if I ever sell a motor vehicle privately again, I'm going to have all the paperwork filled out and meet the buyer at the courthouse annex. It can save a lot of grief.