Except for Illinois. I have an 01 Durango with a dead 46re.... I needed something "now" that I could put 2 kids car seats in, and my wife likes the Durango she's had for the last 10+ years so wanted another one like it. After I paid for the 03 Durango I bought I had to pay this miserable state $416 to transfer license and title to my name. Ridiculous. That was before I even did the first oil change in that 03... That $416 would have bought 2 of the new tires I had to put onto it.
I just got the parts for the first Durango a couple of days ago finally. Cost me not much more than that for the rebuild parts and fresh converter for the 01. To me then that's a $416 head start towards fixing what you already have. I went the junkyard route and got 3 months out of that so now I'm rebuilding the original one.
Put the junkyard one in last July and that one died in October. Again for not much more than that junkyard unit cost me I'm able to fix the original. Lots of good money after bad
Between this miserable overtaxing state and even just the fluid I ended up wasting on that used trans, fixing the original one will end up cheaper than what I have out...... Not counting the cost of replacement vehicle in that in the least. Just the DMV fees I wouldn't have had to pay in itself / s a helluva head start to fixing instead of replacing.