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Originally Posted by laboutj
What if I wanted to purchase a car in another state (Mass) and my trade-in is registered in FL? Understand that I would have to pay the difference in sales tax between the two states, but can I transfer the Florida plates to the new car? Usually you would have to bring it to the Florida registry where they inspect the VIN or the local dealer takes care of registering the vehicle.
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I have done this multiple times. It depends on the dealership practices and if they want to do the extra legwork. One dealer in West Virginia I did this with put together the paperwork from the sale, gave me a temp tag and then I had to take the package to the sumter county tax collector/dmv here in Florida where I paid the taxes and registration fees. The amount taxed was Sale price minus trade value. Another time the dealership handled everything including collecting the tax and submitting everything to Florida. They provided a temp tag while they did the process. A few weeks later I got a new Florida plate as they could not transfer the plate I currently had. I had to just go and surrender the old plate to the dmv. Just depends on the dealership and what they are comfortable doing. Both of these dealers were in small towns and not high volume stores, so they were easy to work with.