(COLORADO) — When selling your car, there are a lot of details to take care of, but one detail that, if overlooked, can cause several headaches down the road: removing your license plate.
Imagine this: you sell your old car to a private party and forget to remove your license plate. A year later, you get a notification in the mail for an overdue parking ticket connected to the old license plate in a city you’ve never visited. What do you do?
According to the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), a seller who fails to remove their license plates from the sold vehicle may make themselves liable for the new owner’s actions, including traffic tickets, tolls, and accidents…