bartamos,
Some states issue a title document and a yearly/bi-yearly registration card/sticker/both. Some states do not issue a title document.
In NY, when you register a vehicle and you have a title document from another state, you have to "surrender" the title document to NY (this is sad, because some of the old titles look nice). NY then gives you a registration sticker and a registration card and plates (if you are not going to use "historic" year-of-manufacture plate/plates). You get no title document in NY.
When you then take a NY titled/registered truck to another state (as I will be doing in NC), NC accepts the NY vehicle registration (which has to be "surrendered" to NC). NC then gives you two plates and a registration document/tag (I assume) - you can use one or two historic plates, but you must keep the modern NC plates in your truck at all times.
NY has complex steps/options if all you have is a bill of sale (which must contain an VID/VSN/VIN, depending on the state/year) The bill of sale be dated, signed, and notarized. If you have no title and "proper" bill of sale", one option in NY is 3-year bonded title (with you obtaining private title insurance).
Oh yes, in NY, you also have to pay a sales tax - based on the bill-of-sale, or based on present-day market value, depending on what is on your bill of sale).
