Another thing you can do when you sell a car is remove the license plates and turn them back in for a refund. this forces the new owner to transfer the title. Conrad Klahn <conradk@xxxxxxx> wrote: I had the police call my parents house about 2 years after I sold a worthless honda. They said the car had been involved in a drug bust and wanted to charge me to get it out of impound because it was still in my name. I had to go down and sign a waiver saying that it wasn't mine. Pain in the butt. On Mar 10, 2006, at 10:05 AM, singlecabboy wrote: > If and when you sell a car or bus , Go to the tax > office with the person to have it sighned over to > their name. Even if you sell it to a freind ,I know > its a pain when they can do it on their own , but > belive me it can save some headaches in the long run. >