Unkown car registered at my address - should I be concerned?

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Thanks for the opinions, ideas, and witticisms.

A little more info to answer some of the questions posted:
[ul]
[li]The auto in question is a 2004 BMW which most would consider a nicer (and more expensive) vehicle than my wife’s or mine.[/li][li]I have never received a registration, tax statement, or insurance bill on the vehicle.[/li][li]We’ve been in our home for more than 10 years and the previous occupants had it for 20 years ; they are not the type of people who would mis-register a car (so I don’t think it due to a previous occupant).[/li][/ul]
My take after reading the responses is I will contact the DMV to get the issue cleared up or at least be on record for having noted this is not my vehicle.

I have mostly lurked and only occasionally posted here; this was my first question and I must say I am impressed with the response.

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Will you update this when you find out? I’m curious. :slight_smile:

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Why? It wouldn’t be in his name.

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For a few years, I used to get my mail at a PO Box in a different state from where my vehicles were registered. Mississippi had no problem mailing my license plate to my Louisiana PO Box.

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Likewise. Ihad out of state registration for years. Half teh US military does that to save money.

DMVs mostly want the registration money; they’re not in the business of enforcing that everyone have exactly one address and hat every address only have people with one name.

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[quote=“BigBadWolf, post:21, topic:580683”]

Thanks for the opinions, ideas, and witticisms.

A little more info to answer some of the questions posted:
[ul]
[li]The auto in question is a 2004 BMW which most would consider a nicer (and more expensive) vehicle than my wife’s or mine.[/li][li]We’ve been in our home for more than 10 years and the previous occupants had it for 20 years ; they are not the type of people who would mis-register a car (so I don’t think it due to a previous occupant).[/li][/ul]

If you’ve been in your house for 10 years, then there is obviously no way a 2004 car could be “left-over” registered at your address by any previous owner regardless of your opinion of them – though it’s always nice to know nice people.

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That’s the $64,000 question.

OTOH, this may all be about a simple typo - fat fingers or numbers reversed on the keyboard.

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If you haven’t gotten things like registration renewals, then I doubt it’s registered with the DMV. Many of these online services are more screwed up than Gilligan’s scholarships.