Car registration fees & insurance in Mass.

[Dm84]

Originally Posted by SalamanderSmile

That's not necessarily true, there can be car flips where it is legitimately signed over to X who never gets the title in his name ($$$) and then X signs it over to Y. I think you have a certain number of days you can hold it, although the sales tax is another thing entirely.

You are required to get the car titled in your name once you receive the title from the old owner. Individuals can't just sign the original title over more than once. Each time the car ownership transfers it has to be retitled in the new owners name. Massachusetts titles only have 1 space for ownership transfers from individual to individual.

The fact that the old owner didn't do that means something isn't right.