re: Buying a vehicle private party out of state

This goes back 20 or so years, but I also bought a car from an individual in Atlanta (friend of my brother). I too had a notarized bill of sale and the car's Georgia title.

When I took those things to the state office of motor vehicles, I had to call my brother and have the seller send me a copy of his Georgia driver's license. The reason I was given is that Louisiana's OMV had to ensure that the seller had not moved to Louisiana, driven the car here, and sold it without him registering it here before selling it to me.

Or in other words, the OMV had to ensure the buyer and I had not defrauded the state out of $160 ($4,000 car price x 4% state sales tax at that time).

It took HOURS to do this, and by the time I finally left, I was beyond pissed off, and I let one beotch in particular know what I thought of her for wasting so much time over $160.

So cutting to TLDR, get a copy of your seller's driver's license, just in case some dumbass at OMV wants/needs it.