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Your friend should be able to answer all these questions or I wouldn't hitch my wagon to that mule. I'm not just trying to be funny. Make sure he knows all these regulations and so forth. You will need to get on his apportioned tag account or you'll have to deal with all the IFTA stuff yourself.

 

Nope. Registered in your name is fine. As long as the plates are "big" enough your good to go there. You have to provide unladen (deadhead) and collision insurance. When your under dispatch the liability and cargo ins is on them.

 

Then maybe he needs to get a lawyer and legal advice to do this right. Otherwise it can become a nightmare for you.