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NO. Contact your local DMV and get a duplicate Title.

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Q: Can you sell a vehicle in California if you don't have the title?
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If you sell a used car in California do you keep the license plates or do the plates stay with the car?

When you sell a used car in California the plates stay on the car. After selling aÊused vehicle in California a title transfer needs to be done.


Can you sell a vehicle if the title holder is deceased?

I believe you can sell it if you are the beneficiary, or if you inherited the vehicle.


Can you sell a car without a title?

Legally, NO! You can sell the vehicle to anyone if the vehicle is over 10 years old and you sell it for parts only, but if the buyer wants to drive the vehicle, they will need a title.


Can a title be transfeered if the seller has lost the title?

You must have a title to sell a vehicle if the new owner plans to title the vehicle. If you are selling the car for "parts only", and not planning to put the car back on the road, then you can sell it with a bill of sale only. If they want to title the vehicle, you need to go to your local DMV and apply for a lost/stolen title. Once you get the duplicate title, then you can sell the vehicle.


Is the sell of a car legal without a title and just a bill of sell?

You can sell a vehicle to a salvage yard for parts with a bill of sale if they don't intend to resell the vehicle, but if you sell it to an individual, and they want to register the vehicle, they will need a title.


When you sell a vehicle that you have clear title on and the buyer plans on financing who do you name as the vehicle owner on the title?

The buyer.


Can the title owner sell the car?

The person listed on the title is the only person allowed to sell the vehicle.


Can a New Mexico Salvage title vehicle be registered in Texas?

Yes it can, we buy cars from Florida to California that are salvage and sell them in Texas all the time.


How does an heir sell an inherited car in California?

The estate would have executed the transfer of title. The heir then has rightful title to the vehicle. If there was no estate opened, there may be a short form that can be used to make the change.


If you have a clear title on a vehicle do you have to register the vehicle before you sell it?

As long as it is titled in your name, you can sell it without it being registered.


Why sign the back of the title?

You never sign the back of a title until you sell the vehicle.


Can a wife sell her husbands vehicle?

You may only sell property to which you hold title.