Steps after buying new car?

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

In Colorado my husband has had to go register the vehicle himself after buying. They give him temp tags of course that last 3 months but he still had to go get insurance, then register the vehicle before they expired.

That is interesting, everywhere I've ever bought a car, they won't let you drive off the lot without insurance on it.

[sidelcampeador 18]

Looks you are near Houston? Like I am...

If you bought a truly brand new car, then the dealer should take care of

getting the car registered and order a new license plates for you.

I think it'll come in 2 to 4 weeks, and dealer will call you to come in

and they will install it for you.

If you don't hear from them after about 3 weeks, then call them.

They are not always timely prompt as was in my case...

they had sat on the license plates for several days until I called to learn about it.

If by chance you bought a used car, then you need to confirm with the dealer.

Big dealers tend to take care of used car license plates as well,

but small dealers sometimes do not and you may have to register it yourself.

Lastly...make sure the car is insured.

Yeah i live in Houston, Galleria area. When i bought the car i had to pay a bunch of government related fees, i guess then is all for the pperwork they do right? And it is a brand new car. Insurance was a must before taking out the car, they won't let you take it if you have no insurance.

[NikLR 13,231]

That is interesting, everywhere I've ever bought a car, they won't let you drive off the lot without insurance on it.

Likely he did. However he also has to prove the insurance when we register. The point WAS we had to separately REGISTER our vehicles. They weren't automatically registered by the dealer.

Where I grew up, registration and insurance were the same. You didn't separately register your vehicle. Insurance was through one company throughout ALL of BC. Everyone has the same insurance company and you get your new stickers when you renew. It was a bit of a shock when I moved to Alberta and had to find an insurance company and register the vehicle at a license place. (Which in Alberta you can do in many places, not just the dmv.)

Edited January 31, 2015 by NLR