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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
In Indiana you can put your own plates on the car legally for 30 days without making it official at the license branch. A car does not legally need plates on it to be towed either.
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Neither of those strategies work in CT.
If you are going to drive the car, you will need to have insurance. No insurance company is going to cover the vehicle without some sort of binder, and no cop will let you drive off in it (if they stop you) without proof of insurance.
Running with no plates will get you pulled over and towed. Using plates from another car will get you a misdemeanor misuse of plates charge.
Any vehicle with wheels touching the road surface (ie tow dolly or wrecker) must be registered. Tow companies must carry an in-tow plate for anything unregistered.
I would get the car insured, then get temp plates from your home state DMV.
Bit more of a nuisance, but totally solid from a legal standpoint as well as liability.
YMMV.