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Originally Posted by taffetawhitegsr
Hello all
I have recently assumed a lease from a fellow member, but have a question regarding plates. The deal happened in Los Angeles, but the cars plates were New Jersey. After the assumption was complete, I picked up the car and the original lesee kept the jersey plates.
The kicker is, I am active military and moving to New Mexico, where the car will be registered. The car is under my name, but I do not have temp tags or anything like that. I do have insurance on the car.
Am I legal to drive the car? How do I transport it to New Mexico? Thanks!
Ian
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First of all, he was not supposed to keep the plates. What good are they to him? You have a set time to register the car after you assume a lease. If you were in the same state, the plates would not change. I assume that registering the car in a different state requires you to get new plates from the state in which it's registered. Regardless if you are moving, you must register the car within the specific amount of time, even if you have to re-register again in New Mexico. If I were you, I would call your lease assumption specialist at BMWFS and see what your options are. It's something like $20 to register here in CA, so not a big deal. If you are worried about not having plates, just carry your paperwork with you and go to the DMV as soon as you can.