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Hey all! I'm a newly licensed retail dealer in CA. I'm currently selling 1-3 cars per month, and most have gone out of state. However I just sold one to another CA resident and I've been trying to find answers to some paperwork/procedural questions without any luck.


1. If I sell a car to another CA resident, how and where do I pay the sales tax that I collected from the customer? I called CA DMV and they could not give me an answer. I have found various PDFs from the DMV and CDTFA websites with conflicting info. Can this be done online?


2. What do I do with the old title? What parts of it need to be filled out? Does it get mailed to DMV? Can't find a single reference to this process in any of my training material or in the CA DMV Dealer Handbook.


Any help or resources would be greatly appreciated.