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I'm a Oregon resident buying a car in California Do I owe California sales tax?

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I just called the California DMV and asked this same question.

To avoid the CA sales tax you need to either;

1. Flat bed the vehicle out of California and then register it in Oregon

2. Have the dealer deliver it to you out of the state of California. (I'm thinking of having it delivered just across the border in Ashland.)

Essentially, you can not operate the vehicle in California before it gets registered in Oregon.

When I asked this question of auto dealerships they were totally confused. You will need to educate them . . . lol.

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