Lane 01 — the legality checker
Sell one car too many — or sell the wrong way — and your state can treat you as an unlicensed dealer, with fines and, in some states, criminal charges. This checker uses the same cited dataset as our 50 state pages: each state's numeric limit or intent test, the penalty, the statute behind it, and the date it was checked. If a state's number could not be verified against a primary state source, the checker tells you that instead of inventing one.
Title first. In nearly every state the count only covers vehicles titled in your name. Selling a car on an open title — title jumping — is illegal on its own, at any count. What title jumping is, and why it is the charge sellers actually catch.
Intent sits on top of the number. Even under a numeric limit, buying mainly to resell, advertising, and quick repeated flips can be treated as dealing. The number is a ceiling, not a shield.
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