i am looking to buy a car not far from Seattle and then drive it back home to CT, my only issue is registration.  the CT DMV only gives you a temp tag if you have the title, I won't have the title till after I buy it.

is it possible for me to get a temp tag from Washington state with my current CT license?

maybe you could get the owner of the vehicle to buy a 3 day trip permit the day you purchase it. Then it would be licensed for the drive back, and you could transfer the title into your name when you got home

Washington DMV will issue temporary trip permits for this type of situation.

http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/trippermits.html

It will be valid to get you back to CT.

They will issue you up to 3 trip permits if needed, if you can't get home in 3 days, you should also be able to stop in other states to purchase trip permits along the way.

Most states offer temporary trip permits.

i moved here from Ohio and had never heard of them. 

When I was stationed in Washington DC, I purchase a truck in WA state and was able to secure a permit in every single state I traveled through When needed, but with WA issuing up to 3 trip permits, you don't have to date and sign them the day you purchase, you can sign and date it when you need to on the way home.

Ohio Temporary 72 hour Trip Permit Process:

http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/vr-irp-72hr.aspx

If I were to do it again, from the West Coast to the East Coast, I would just plan my quickest route and purchase the permits from WA DMV

I believe thats for commercial motor vehicles.


They very well may have one now, but 20 years ago when I moved here it was unheard of.

20 years ago?

Really?



It has been 17 years since I did my cross country purchase and I didn't have any trouble finding permits to get home, just kept my title with me and didn't drive crazy, never got stopped, but if I had, I had the paper work to back up the purchase.

Read your link.

It said for vehicles that do not have apportionment. That's a bingo card for otr trucks.

Further it said carriers.  Carriers are trucking companies.  Not people with cars.


Ohio very well may have one now-  they didn't used to and that link is not one.

they didn't have one in 2012 either according to gd



http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1374336_Ohio__Buying_a_used_car__How_to_drive_home_with_no_plates_.html

Okay, it is really not a big deal to me, as I said, he can buy 3 permits in WA and 9 days is more than enough time to get it back east.

Some of you guys are simply amazing.

I am not planning on taking an unlicensed car through the state of Ohio anytime in the future, so it is no skin off my nose.  And guess what, he didn't say he was going through Ohio!

Hope the guy gets his car home.  His best bet if going through the state of Ohio, would be to call the Ohio License Dept, explain what is going on and they can tell him what to do.

But I am absolutely sure that GD is the authority on this and many other subjects!!!!!