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Step 1
Sign the title over to the charity of your choice. Make sure to provide the charity with the registration form and proof of any safety or emissions tests. This way, the organization that you donate the car to doesn't have to perform the same tests needlessly.
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Step 2
Fill out a bill of sale, and be sure to save it for your income tax records.
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Step 3
Remove the license plates before leaving the car with the charity. This protects the new car owner from any parking tickets issued while the car was in your possession. The charity or new car owner can register the car under their name and obtain a new license plate number. Removing the plates also protects you, as the donor, from any future parking tickets.
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Step 4
Send a letter to the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Inform the agency that you're no longer the vehicle's owner. Make sure to include the vehicle identification number, make, year and the license plate number. Have the new owner sign the letter.
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Step 5
Mail the letter to the DMV in your city. Generally, most DMVs allow you to fax it if you prefer to do so. This measure also takes accountability of any parking tickets on the car away from the new car owner.
