Did you get a bill of sale? Post a bond - it costs some money- that there is no problem with the title.
To give you a basic answer, the insurance company will only insure a vehicle if the listed owner is on the policy. Mark
Apply to your state's Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) for a duplicate or replacement title. If you have a loan on your vehicle, the DMV may be unable to give you (the owner) the title. Link to which states provide titles to owners even with liens: http://www.allabouttitles.com/TitleHolding.aspx.
as long as you physically have the title in your possession and its in your name and they haven't signed the back, you are still the legal owner. A title company would have to give proof of your financial obligation to them
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purchased a vehicle from a friend. Now that I have paid for it in full, the guy I bought it from will not give me the title. I'm not even sure if he ever had the title transferred to his name when he purchased it. I need to know how to go about getting a title. Please help. Thank you
only if they have a lien on the the title for any service that you have not paid for. its called a mechanics lien. Even if they have a mechanics lien, they still have to notify the registered owner via certified mail, and give them a chance to pay the bill. You can't just get a title or magistrate's bill of sale without proof that you have done everything possible to contact the owner first. The owner has 30 days to contact the person that has the vehicle. If they don't, then the vehicle can be sold at a magistrates auction and will be given a title for the vehicle.
Asking for them would be appropriate.
You probably do it on the back of the title. Then, take the title to DMV and get a new registration. If depends on your circumstances. If you "give" a car away, in some states you have to pay a lot of taxes on it so people often sell a car for a dollar to a relative to avoid the taxes.
For filing for an abandoned title in Arizona you must contact the DMV. The process includes an inspector coming to inspect the abandoned vehicle in which you receive an inspection form. With this form you may fill out an abandoned title report. You may obtain an abandoned title report at the DMV. With this report notarized, the inspection form, and $10 they will begin the abandoned title application. What happens is the DMV sends out a noification to the last owner. They give a 45 day period for the owner to respond. If no owner responds, they send you a form allowing you to title the vehicle in your name. If the owner responds, they are given 30 days to remove the vehicle. In the past, I have had titles that had no record of owners. This may happen if you have had the vehicle for quite some time (mine was ten+ years). For any questions on application or other you may contact the Abandoned Vehicle Department at (602)-712-7784.
Since your sister never registered the vehicle to her name, she will have to contact the previous owner and ask him/her to apply for a duplicate title at your local tax assessor/vehicle registration office. Information required will be the vehicle make and model, the VIN, and the previous owner in whose name the vehicle was last registered. Other info may be needed.
As soon as the vehicle is paid in full.
If the seller or person who wants to give you the car doesn't have the title they don't own the car legally, cannot transfer title to you and you won't be able to register it as the new owner. The person in possession of the vehicle must request a new certificate from the state department of motor vehicles by whatever procedure is used in your jurisdiction. You should not take possession of the vehicle until a new certificate of title is obtained by the person in possession and then signed over to you.