If you are buying a car on payments then there will be a lien on the car. the company will release the lien once the car is paid off.
A lien title means that the car has a loan against it. If you do not have a "clear" or non lien title, the lender who hold the clear title can and does have the right to get the balance of the loan from you. The purpose of the lien title is to enable the car buyer to get the legal requirement for driving the car from the state. It's like renting the car in essence; the lien title is almost like the lease agreement for an apartment.So if a lien title is all there is...don't buy the car. It's not his to sell.Somebody has to settle the lien before you can legally own or register the vehicle.
Could be a mechanics lien.
If the lien is a purchase money lien (granted to allow you to buy the car), then no. If it is a nonpurchase money lien (you granted a lien on the car to secure an unrelated debt), then yes.
Basically, instead of going through the process of getting a loan from a bank, the dealership holds the lien and lets you pay them directly against what you owe.
The question should be. Should you ever buy a car with a lien on it. The answer is absolutely not, no, not if you are smart.
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NO! BANK LIEN-PAY IT OFF. MECHANICS LIEN-PAY IT OFF. autolienservice.com
If you took out a loan from the bank to buy your car, they have a lien on it. For all intents and purposes, they own the car until you have it paid off.
I've been told you can't because it will come up on the credit check.
Lien must be satisfied somehow so title can be transferred.
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you will have to find out who has a lein on it have them fill out a fourm of lein satisfy. In most states a lien holder is recorded on the title and the lien holder will keep the title until the lien is paid off. After the lien holder is paid off, they will sign the title to release the lien and give/send the title to the owner. The title office can tell you who has a lien on the title.