If I put this truck in my personal name?

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  1. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    My accountant tells me I can purchase a truck and put it in my personal name and then resell it to my LLC when I'm ready to put it into service.

    I'm looking for a dump truck and my question is if I buy this truck most likely from out of state, can I drive it home with my CDL and a medical card if it's in my personal name?

    I also have things to do here that are specific to my property. I have excavating that I need to do here and I need to haul some things out and haul some stone in.

    This is only for my own personal property that I own that when I'm done with these personal things then I'll finish the repairs to the truck and resell it to the LLC.

    Can I legally do this with only my medical card and my cdl?

    I'm not part of a Consortium and I really don't want to start that or pay that until I actually put the truck into service commercially.

    Can I legally drive the truck home with my CDL and medical card and can I use it for my personal things here until I put it into service?

    @brian991219

    And yes this positively is only for me, only for my property, only for myself and no one else until the truck is resold to the LLC and then I will have the Consortium and everything else that's required to legally run the truck through my LLC commercially.
     
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  3. JB7

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    JB7 Medium Load Member

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  5. brian991219

    brian991219 Road Train Member

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    If it is truly personal use only, no commerce at all, then yes if it is insured and registered or younhave a in-transit/temporary permit.
     
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  6. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    Not to be the llc hater but why doesn’t your accountant just have the llc lease it from you and those payments become passive income?
     
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  7. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    A truck isn’t a commercial vehicle until you make it one. I’ve driven trucks home to the Midwest from WV, PA, and MT and had zero issues.
     
  8. larry_minn

    larry_minn Light Load Member

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    I have e-mailed Dot questions after reading FAQ section. Within 2 business days get response. I bought truck, trailer. Within state. Called insurance. Gave them Vin #s got insurance, got it, drove it home. IF I want to go interstate? Then paperwork multiplies. But if not for hire, POV use I would check legal sites where I get name, Officer info on response.
     
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