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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
The perfectly legal way is to either get an In Transit permit or register the vehicle properly. Slapping a plate on that is registered to another vehicle is not legal, unless as previously mentioned, you've traded it in and then you have 14 days to transfer the registraion.
Yah, no it is illegal to drive an un registered vehicle on the roads unless you've traded the old one in and transferring the registration, in which case you have 14 days and keep your bill of sale with you. Driving a vehicle with a plate that is registered to another vehicle is not legal but for coonvenience sake many people do it.
I've curbed my share of vehicles in the day and anyone can do whatever the heck they want, but slapping any old plate on a vehicle and driving it is against the law. Really you are just asking to be pulled over and treated like you've stolen the vehicle if plate is registered to someth G other then you're are driving.
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Do you have any sources to actually back this up? Both the Alberta and AMA websites don't say you have to trade in the old one.
You're not slapping any old plate, you are putting a fully registered plate to you on a vehicle for up to 14 days.