Do i have to return my fiance's plates to the state they came from after i register it in my name?

Question

he left me his car before leaving to afghanistan.....

Answer 1

Hopefully he left you with a power of attorney dealing with property since a general one may not be enough.(been there done the POA thing to many times).  Some states require you to send the plates back but getting new tags in your name may be expensive.  I know  in Louisiana it would have cost us a fortune to tag the cars here since we did not pay sales tax on them (Tennessee usually doesn't charge sales tax to military).  So we registered them in Michigan where my husband is from and we didn't have to turn in the tags.