If you are or ever going to buy a car in Va. read this

NJ just goes by the amount written by the seller on the back of the title - no questions asked (word the the wise).

They didn't even ask when I wrote $1 on the back of a Jeep Cherokee my father-in-law gave me (though it was a 1989).

not true. maybe some slip through the cracks but they will send out a letter if they review it and see you paid well under what book value is.


did it to me.. i bought a truck from a neighbor for $250. titled it and no questions right then and there but a month or two later i get a letter saying i paid way less then book value and i needed proof from the seller that all i paid was $250. no problem the seller was my neighbor so he signed what he needed to sign and i was good to go..

they have been doing it for years now. 10-15 years that i know of. i personally know a couple other guys that had the same thing happen to..


from there on out i always get a receipt when i by a car or write a receipt when i sell a car. some times we will write up two receipts . one real one and one for the dmv.. :)

in this day and age you have to be nuts not to get some kind of bill of sale when buying a car.