After you pay off a vehicle, your bank should automatically send you the title. If you haven't received it after a short period of time, call them to make sure they received your payment.
Need payoff for a loan
Yes, but your dad can deed the car over to her or sell it to her for a dollar, so there's no point in stressing over this.
Your problem is why courts exist.
You need to consult with an attorney or title company that can perform title research to determine the entity that acquired the lender's interest in the mortgage.
If you are trying to see if the current owner still has a payoff on the vehicle, it will say on the title. If it is a free and clear title then the original lien holder has to sign off on the title. Some states have a title and a form called a lien release. What state do you live in?
I need to clear the title on my pontoon boat that was paid off in 1995. I have a copy from NBD Loan Office with a stamp saying it was paid but Michigan Secretary of State says I need a letter from NBD.
A clear title for that car.
is the title clear
The heirs can only inherit what the decedent owned. If she didn't have clear title then you won't inherit clear title. At some point the title will need to be cleared up. That will be whenever you wish to sell or mortgage the property.
To begin with the title company should have "cleared" the title by collecting for any necessary items to be paid off at close, and by resolving any ownership questions far in advance of closing. If by "not clearing the title after close" you mean that they did not record required documents or payoff any encumberances, if they collected money for these items they must be paid off immediately after closing, and documents must also be recorded in a timely matter. If the reason for them not clearing the title is that something was unavailable and the company performed the actions that their underwriter requires, they may have a valid reason to ask for more money after closing. A good example of this is when a title company obtains a payoff for a mortgage good past the day of close and when they forward the fund to payoff that mortgage, an item such as escrowed insurance has been paid since the time the payoff was issued. It would be fair for the title company to ask the seller for more money in this case. Further, there are certain affidavits that the seller signs at close agreeing that they have not encumbered the property further during the contract period. If this proves to be incorrect, the seller would certainly owe any related expenses. Basically, as long as a title company followed procedure, most mistakes in this area are ones that they can come back legitimately to the seller for recourse. Now, on the other hand, if a title company has collected money to payoff liens, mortgages, etc., and doesn't send the money in a timely matter, they would be responsible for any additional expense incurred to payoff those items.
If you have no LIENS on the title if there are some you have to go to lienholder and check for payoff dates and obtain copy for DMV & your records
A clear title is a title that has no financial obligation against it; therefore a title held by the bank is not a cleared title.