when you sell your car, you're legally allowed to use the active plates (same class - not car on. truck) on a new vehicle you purchase for up to 10 days.
many many times I have sold a car, then acquired another car within 10 days. Seller gives you the signed insurance papers, you throw your plates on from your old car and you're good to go. This saves so much time and BS when you're dealing w sellers. No coming back w plates later etc. I like to be gone quickly and permanently at a private sale.
Note: you can't toss these plates on another car that is already registered to yourself.
EDIT: from ICBC
Using plates from your old vehicle
You can drive your "new" vehicle using the licence plates from your old one for 10 days from the date of purchase if all of these conditions are met:
The vehicle you're switching plates to is registered in B.C. (or was purchased from a licensed B.C. auto dealer).
You have sold or otherwise disposed of your old vehicle.
Both vehicles are the same type (for example, passenger vehicles).
The licence plates are valid B.C. plates.
During those 10 days, you must carry in your new vehicle
the signed Transfer/Tax Form for your new vehicle,
the original registration from the seller (or, for a new vehicle, the signed and dated bill of sale from a dealer),
the insurance papers for your old vehicle (the insurance must still be valid), and
proof, such as the "seller's" copy of the Transfer/Tax Form, that you sold your old vehicle.
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
how does that help unless youre changing more than a handful vehicles per year?
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