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Buying a Cali car and registering out of state?

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Hey all,

I'm looking into getting a car from a private party in California. A couple of my friends have done this, and gotten raped on fees; 450$ for an 01 Cobra, 750 for a C5 Z06. I'm stationed in Arizona, where my current car is registered. We're planning on a trade. So, do we just need notarized titles and temporary registration until we can go to our respective DMVs? I'm just trying to avoid registering it in California when I still have another year left on my AZ registration.

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Hey all,

I'm looking into getting a car from a private party in California. A couple of my friends have done this, and gotten raped on fees; 450$ for an 01 Cobra, 750 for a C5 Z06. I'm stationed in Arizona, where my current car is registered. We're planning on a trade. So, do we just need notarized titles and temporary registration until we can go to our respective DMVs? I'm just trying to avoid registering it in California when I still have another year left on my AZ registration.

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You say you're stationed in AZ... where is your official home of record with the military?  I know my dad's was Mississippi when he was in so when we bought the classic Mustangs, they got registered in MS first because of the *cheap* antique tags.  After a year, we moved the registration to FL, avoiding a ton of fees and taxes.

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My official home is Arizona as well, I've got a house out hete

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You'll have to check for sure, but I am almost positive that you can have your cars registered in AZ as long as you're in the service.

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If you're in AZ why would you register the car in CA? You're going to have to register the car in your name. No way around it. I think in CA you have 14 days to register the car. I imagine AZ is similar.

The taxes and fees should be based on the cost of the car. As far as CA knows I paid $5000 for my 04 and that's what I paid taxes on. What you need to check on is how AZ deals with a trade. They'll probably go by the value of the car.

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Back before I moved from phoenix my car sat for long enough the registration expired on it.  After getting it up and running I was moving back to the Midwest to be closer to family and did not want to  register it.  Az at that time gave you the ability to get a temporary 3 day registration/plate that you sign up for online and then print the paper plate yourself.  I am not sure what the logistics are with it being a newly purchased but at the time it was not going to pass emmisions with what was done to it.  I got it 2 times the first to go to the dyno for tuning and the 2nd to drive it back to its new home.  I think the fee was minimal around $10.

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