Got a parking ticket after I sold my car, what should I do?

NSE92M3 · 06-13-2013, 04:37 PM

So I just received a parking ticket for a car I recently sold. The parking ticket was issued the day after I sold the car. I have the confirmation document from the online notice of transfer from the DMV that has a sell date which was a day before the ticket was issued. What's the best way to go about this?

keepittrill · 06-13-2013, 04:38 PM

Go to the DMV and explain this to them, they'll point you in the right direction. Make sure you take the sale confirmation and a copy of the ticket.

NSE92M3 · 06-13-2013, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by keepittrill

Go to the DMV and explain this to them, they'll point you in the right direction. Make sure you take the sale confirmation and a copy of the ticket.

Ya called and they said to mail them everything. I think they'l fix the situation. Thanks.

KingOfJericho · 06-13-2013, 05:08 PM

I received a ticket from a red light camera more than a year after selling my GTI with the same plate. I called them up and explained that it was 1) no longer my license plate and 2) a Subaru Outback. They resolved it quickly.

SCHMOUPE · 06-14-2013, 04:46 AM

lesson learned for you all, when selling a car keep your plates and return to DMV. Parking ticket is no big deal but imagine instead it was a fatal hit and run. Before you knew it, you would have been arrested and it would have been hours before proving your innocence.

KingOfJericho · 06-14-2013, 07:49 AM

Wait, the OP sold the car and left the plates on it????

ShopVac · 06-14-2013, 08:22 AM

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Wait, the OP sold the car and left the plates on it????

Yeah, I'm really lost on this myself? In PA, you get new plates when you buy a car, and take your old ones off.

KingOfJericho · 06-14-2013, 08:57 AM

Yeah in CT you need to turn the plates in if you want to stop paying property tax on the vehicle, although not all states have said tax.

JasonCSU · 06-14-2013, 11:12 AM

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Wait, the OP sold the car and left the plates on it????

I believe the plates remain with a car for California, whereas in most other states the seller would remove the plates from the vehicle and retain ownership of them.

keepittrill · 06-14-2013, 11:17 AM

That's probably true. California is like its own damn country when it comes to car regulations.

upstatedoc · 06-14-2013, 04:42 PM

well, our acura mdx was totaled in may of last year. my wife turned the plates to dmv and in august we started receiving parking tickets in the mail from the totaled vehicle which must have been fixed and was driving around nyc without plates. i guess they got our address from the vin number because there were no plates on the vehicle. my wife submitted document after document to show that we were not the owners and we finally (last week) got a letter from nyc dept of finance that they were in error and we did not owe them anything. it took a year.

OlivaresAnthony · 06-14-2013, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

Wait, the OP sold the car and left the plates on it????

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Originally Posted by ShopVac

Yeah, I'm really lost on this myself? In PA, you get new plates when you buy a car, and take your old ones off.

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Originally Posted by JasonCSU

I believe the plates remain with a car for California, whereas in most other states the seller would remove the plates from the vehicle and retain ownership of them.

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Originally Posted by keepittrill

That's probably true. California is like its own damn country when it comes to car regulations.

Yeah, here in CA the plates stay with the car.

upstatedoc · 06-14-2013, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by OlivaresAnthony

Yeah, here in CA the plates stay with the car.

California

ThEnder · 06-14-2013, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by OlivaresAnthony

Yeah, here in CA the plates stay with the car.

+1. Seller should complete a notice of transfer of liability online or mail it in when the car is sold. Transfer of liability + bill of sale should be more than enough to get you out of the ticket.

amanda hor$t · 06-15-2013, 12:58 AM

go to court, the cop will have to show up, and then make a scene

dmv sucks. if the state's gonna waste your time at least have fun with it

OlivaresAnthony · 06-17-2013, 12:39 PM

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California

Back when I was in the Marines, I found it weird when my friends from other states would sell their car and take the plates off. I guess keeping the plates is weird for us and not keeping the plates is weird in other states.

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NSE92M3 Enlisted Member 9 Rep 41 Posts Drives: TBD Join Date: May 2013 Location: SF iTrader: (0)	Got a parking ticket after I sold my car, what should I do? So I just received a parking ticket for a car I recently sold. The parking ticket was issued the day after I sold the car. I have the confirmation document from the online notice of transfer from the DMV that has a sell date which was a day before the ticket was issued. What's the best way to go about this?
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keepittrill Banned 30 Rep 575 Posts Drives: "Daddy-bought" 2010 Z4 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Phoenix, Arizona iTrader: (0)	Go to the DMV and explain this to them, they'll point you in the right direction. Make sure you take the sale confirmation and a copy of the ticket.
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SCHMOUPE Lieutenant Colonel 130 Rep 1,771 Posts Drives: 2007 Z4M Coupe Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: NJ iTrader: (7) Garage List 2007 Z4M Coupe [0.00]	lesson learned for you all, when selling a car keep your plates and return to DMV. Parking ticket is no big deal but imagine instead it was a fatal hit and run. Before you knew it, you would have been arrested and it would have been hours before proving your innocence. __________________ Gruppe M CAI / Euro Headers / Rogue Engineering X-pipe / RE Diablo Exhaust
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KingOfJericho Major General 2458 Rep 7,341 Posts Drives: Yes Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (1) Garage List 2010 135i Coupe [5.26]	Wait, the OP sold the car and left the plates on it???? __________________ The views and opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Bimmerpost. 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee High Altitude Hemi \| 2010 S4 Sold \| 2010 BMW 135i Retired \| 2006 Lotus Exige Sold
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KingOfJericho Major General 2458 Rep 7,341 Posts Drives: Yes Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (1) Garage List 2010 135i Coupe [5.26]	Yeah in CT you need to turn the plates in if you want to stop paying property tax on the vehicle, although not all states have said tax. __________________ The views and opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Bimmerpost. 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee High Altitude Hemi \| 2010 S4 Sold \| 2010 BMW 135i Retired \| 2006 Lotus Exige Sold
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keepittrill Banned 30 Rep 575 Posts Drives: "Daddy-bought" 2010 Z4 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Phoenix, Arizona iTrader: (0)	That's probably true. California is like its own damn country when it comes to car regulations.
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upstatedoc I'll get back to you 7541 Rep 2,132 Posts Drives: blue streak Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: not downstate iTrader: (2)	well, our acura mdx was totaled in may of last year. my wife turned the plates to dmv and in august we started receiving parking tickets in the mail from the totaled vehicle which must have been fixed and was driving around nyc without plates. i guess they got our address from the vin number because there were no plates on the vehicle. my wife submitted document after document to show that we were not the owners and we finally (last week) got a letter from nyc dept of finance that they were in error and we did not owe them anything. it took a year. __________________ 2018 Stinger GT 2009 E90 N51 /Active Autowerke Stage 2 tune/BMW Performance Exhaust/ Countermeasure enthusiast.
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amanda hor$t Banned 87 Rep 208 Posts Drives: a380 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: ny ny iTrader: (0)	go to court, the cop will have to show up, and then make a scene dmv sucks. if the state's gonna waste your time at least have fun with it Last edited by amanda hor$t; 06-15-2013 at 01:07 AM..
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