Vermont was willing to register just about any vehicle to anyone rescuing a barn find motorcycle, saving a car from the crusher, or building a bus into a motorhome. That's over, it was used by way too many criminals to register stolen cars, of course

For the price of just $6, you were able to register any car in any state and you didn’t even need to prove that you owned it. You got your plates instantly onto your phone or printed out. Absurd, right? 

 Back in 2020, I spoke with a Vermont DMV official and they informed me that they were well aware that people in other states were using Vermont as a mail-order DMV. At the time, the general consensus appeared to be that car and motorcycle enthusiasts were basically paying the state money to never drive their cars in the state. Vermont requires inspections and Vermont can’t inspect a car that’s in, say, Wisconsin. Thus, Vermont-plated cars from other states were technically illegal to drive in Vermont unless they were inspected.

https://www.theautopian.com/vermont-will-no-longer-register-cars-in-any-state-because-people-couldnt-stop-doing-crimes/