Tell DMV within 5 days when you sell a vehicle
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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You sold your car to a neighbor. How soon must you notify DMV?
The rule
When you sell a vehicle, you must tell DMV within 5 days by filing the Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability form. (A buyer has 10 days to transfer ownership.)
After you sell a vehicle, you have 5 days to send DMV the Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability form. The buyer has 10 days to put it in their name.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 11, page 79. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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