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Originally Posted by Hesster
My parents have offered to give me their old truck since I've been looking for a vehicle to do some light towing. I live in Idaho and my parents live in Washington. Right now the truck is registered in WA. I always visit them at Christmas, so the plan is to fly over and drive the truck back home in December. Will I need to have the title transferred into my name in WA before I can register it in Idaho, or do I just need to have it registered here?
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I guess things can be different from state to state, but years ago, my father gave me a car (actually he gave me a couple of cars). He lived in Oregon and I live in Washington.
He just signed the title over to me and it stayed in his name until I transferred the title in Washington; in your case, I can't imagine that you would have to alter the title
twice.
Have your parents fill out a "bill of sale," stating that the truck is a gift and that no money changed hands.
Now, one thing I ran into (and this was like thirty years ago), was because the cars had been licensed in Oregon, and Oregon has no sales tax, and thus, no sales tax had ever been paid on the cars, I had to pay sales tax on them, even though they were given to me. The tax was based on Blue Book value but the woman at the Department of Licensing had a little leeway and was able to get the value down by making notes of a few dings and other "imperfections."
Anyway, I have no idea if Idaho has a sales tax, and I am not familiar with the vehicle licensing laws in that state, I am simply relating my own experience in transferring title on out of state cars. I would, however, be extremely surprised if you were to have to transfer the title in Washington and then again when you get it into Idaho. VERY surprised. My guess is that you will have a certain number of days (here, it's fifteen days) to transfer the title and that can be done after the truck is in Idaho.
Best check with Idaho's Department of Licensing, though, to be sure. That's probably information you can find on-line, or just stop into your nearest DOL office and ask someone in person.
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