I recently recognized it on ebay for sell last week ,today I recieved a citiation from the city of Santa Ana about this vehicle on a parking violation .Goes up from $53 to $101 in 2 weeks if not paid.Im guessing the guy didnt get it registered .Any remedies you fellows have.

I left a set of plates on a car that I sold. I got a notice of a parking ticket on a different car, but with my plates. I simply called the number on the notice and told them that I did not ever own the car in question, and had sold the car that belonged to the plates. They then simply dropped the charges. I didn't even have to appear.

I will never leave plates on a car again. I'm sure that you won't either.

In TX there is a form the seller submits to the DOT to protect against this kind of thing....

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Do you have a copy of the release of liability form you should have submitted when you sold the car? I don't know what the DMV does with those forms because I know of 3 cases, one including myself, in which registration renewals were received for a car that was sold to a private party.

Do you have a bill of sale or copy of the transferred title signed and dated by the buyer? Try mailing in a copy with the citation.

And mail in another release of liability form - http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/reg/reg138.pdf This form isn't signed by the buyer so I don't know how it will hold in court.

Did the buyer pay by cashier's check or money order? Did you make a bank deposit that corresponds with the sale price?

Sixto
87 300D

There is a document that you fill out and send to the DMV when you sell a car. It releases you from liability, etc.

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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold)
1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles
1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles
2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)

That liability release form is, on a CA title, attached to the title itself. You have like 5 days from sale date to mail it. I would go ahead and mail one in to the DMV anyway; if you know the buyers address make sure and fill it in. That was important, I recall. Send a copy to the office sending you the tickets.

You as the seller have the obligation to provide all the information in a timely manner. Sorry to sound like a DMV employee there, but believe me, I have heard all this b4. Nip this in the bud now, or they will nip you.

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300CD '80 (now gone but not forgotten...)

Wow you guys are trusting. Whenever I sell the car I take the plates off before the new owner drives away. Or in the case of my SD since the new owner lived close to me I drove it over her house and took the plates off.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

In some states like Washington, the plates are transferrable, but in Arizona, they are not. However, you should have filled out a sellers report of sale!

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In CT you keep the plates and turn them in.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

In CA the plates stay with the car, not an option to keep them.

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300CD '80 (now gone but not forgotten...)

Go to the DMV information window and ask them as there used to be a form that you sent in saying that the car was sold and you were no longer liable. (I live in Long Beach, CA.)
Also they have a website you might be able to find instructions there.

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