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A registered owner is the person who has purchased or is purchasing the vehicle for their own use, while the legal owner would be a lien holder like a bank or other financial institution that actually owns the vehicle until it is paid off.

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Q: What is the difference between a car's Legal Owner and Registered Owner?
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