Wednesday night we bought my wife a new car, had the dealer transfer the plates from my wife's old vehicle. Which the dealer did electronically.
The next morning my wife went to DMV office to get new plates on her "old" vehicle, which we have the title for. She was denied. DMV told her that vehicle is "pending", it could take 2-3 weeks before we can get plates for it.
Which means, legally, we cannot drive it.
Is this normal? I could understand a week or two if it had been mailed in.