The short answer is that the previous owner should have de-registered it before selling it to you. He or she can still do that, but they have to do it via the Manage Your Kindle page on the Amazon site.
Once they've done that, you can register it to yourself on the Manage Your Kindle page (given that you don't have wireless access).
However, the Kindle will still show that it's not registered. Regardless of what you do on the website, if you don't have wireless access, the Kindle will have no way of knowing what its registration status is.
But that probably doesn't matter. You'll still be able to buy books and load them onto the Kindle via USB.
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