How to Return License Plates After Selling a Car

Don’t forget to decommission your plates after a sale! The DMV has no other way of knowing the car is gone. Without decommissioning, you risk getting flagged for an insurance lapse, which often results in heavy fines and a suspended license. Avoid the headache by looking up your state’s specific DMV rules. For those in South Carolina, you can handle this quickly via the SCDMV Virtual Tag Return.Took your car off the insurance policy but didn’t let the DMV know?