Overanalyze?? Me? (Just kidding.) Thanks for your help.

So once the transaction is completed, with all the forms filled out and payment made, my insurance on the car is no longer 'active' because I am no longer the owner?

Whether the new owner has the right plates or not, or is or isn't insured, doesn't concern me. Like you said, that's his problem and I cannot be held to account for that. I just want to make sure that for the time period between selling the car and cancelling my insurance (overnight, essentially), I am no longer responsible for the car and cannot be held liable if the new owner gets into an accident.

Thanks.

Hi, I am selling a used vehicle, and a potential buyer says he's ready to come and purchase it tomorrow evening. He has indicated he will bring his own temporary plates to affix to the car. I assume this is okay because I have read (on a non-official site) that "If you operate the motor vehicle within six days of purchase but have been unable to transfer the vehicle into your name for some reason (possibly it was purchased during a weekend), you must have affixed to the vehicle your own validated licence plates." My questions are: a) Is this true? Can the buyer use his own licence pl...