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Originally Posted by sokoloka
This is something I've always been curious about. What exactly happens when you purchase a car that has expired tags, not been renewed for quite some time, and never been registered inoperable?
I'm wondering in reference to California specifically - say someone has a car in their barn that was last registered in 1994. When you go to get it registered in your name, are you responsible for the back registration / fees / etc?
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not as long as the car hasn't been driven without those tags (they take your word for it). You fill out a non-op slip, there may be a slight penalty, but I've been through this several times and never had a problem or huge amount of money to handle it. Also did not have to pay for yearly registrations while it was sitting.
The problem comes if the guy had driven it and had any tickets, etc. and you try to say it was not operated...........
