# DMV question??? Please help
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 7, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379 "2008-01-07T05:53:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/1 "2008-01-07T05:53:30Z")
Just sold my car over the weekend. I know that you have to surrender the plates back to the DMV. I live out of state and was wondering if I can mail them in or do I have to physically go into a DMV office and turn the plates in?
Also I cant seem to find a direct phone number for the DMV in Buffalo. Anyone??
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/2 "2008-01-07T06:07:59Z")
Auto Registration Bureau
25 Delaware Ave
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 858-7450
If you hold a license out of state, you should turn them into your local DMV, and they will give you a receipt.
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### Author:  [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/3 "2008-01-07T06:14:57Z")
Thanks… just got off the phone with them.
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### Author:  [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/4 "2008-01-07T08:32:10Z")
What did they say(for someone else if they’re ever wondering)?
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/5 "2008-01-07T09:05:59Z")
While we’re on this topic, my friend has some plates that he hasn’t turned in in several weeks, and I figured I’d do him a favor and take them to the DMV tomorrow. Does he have to sign anything or give me a copy of his license for me to turn them in?
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/6 "2008-01-07T09:18:16Z")
nope, you can just turn them in. I’ve had my parents do this when I was out of town before.
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### Author:  [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/7 "2008-01-07T09:54:41Z")
cost $1
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/8 "2008-01-07T10:04:29Z")
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/9 "2008-01-07T10:07:45Z")
^^It wouldnt sprise me if you were talking about someone who sold a white BMW lol…
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### Author:  [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/10 "2008-01-07T10:11:22Z")
my bf mailed his in the NJ when we moved I remember…
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### Author:  [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/11 "2008-01-07T10:16:47Z")
They said I can mail the plates to them and they would mail me back a receipt.
It is also important to remove the registration sticker off the windshield when selling a car because you can still get parking tickets in your name. I was unaware of this.
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### Author:  [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/12 "2008-01-07T10:17:45Z")
> [@airhead](#):
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> While we’re on this topic, my friend has some plates that he hasn’t turned in in several weeks, and I figured I’d do him a favor and take them to the DMV tomorrow. Does he have to sign anything or give me a copy of his license for me to turn them in?
I hope your friend didnt cancel his insurance before surrendering the plates. I know that there is a penalty for every day you have the plates without insurance. Its like 8 dollars a day. Correct me if I am wrong.
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dmv-question-please-help/41379/13 "2008-01-07T10:32:52Z")
> [@cky89](#):
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> ^^It wouldnt sprise me if you were talking about someone who sold a white BMW lol…
Yup.
> [@Johnnylude](#):
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> I hope your friend didnt cancel his insurance before surrendering the plates. I know that there is a penalty for every day you have the plates. Its like 8 dollars a day. Correct me if I am wrong.
He may have- I told him as soon as I saw the plates sitting there to take them to DMV, they are still in his room, so I figure I’ll drop them at Hamburg’s Tuesday DMV.