My parents (now too old to drive) gave my sister their 1993 Chrysler last month, which is admittedly not worth a ton of money.
I filled out the seller's DMV stuff and checked "gift"....sis did not have to pay any sales tax.
Good for her. Glad to see there is one way to avoid paying these leaches. I moved here from SC (military xfer) and when I purchased a motorcycle from a private seller I was quite surprised and taken aback when I got to the DMV and was told to pony up additional $'s for "sales tax".
These clowns out here tax anything. It is a perpetual tax until the damn thing ends up in the landfill or crushed for scrap.
SZ