Hi, I live in Washinton state and I have someone interested in buying my vehicle, but I won’t be able to contact the DOL in time to find out if it’s legal to sell it before the guy has to buy it. It’s an odd situation but I basically just need to know if a bill of sale will suffice until I can fin…

Oh that’s pretty cool! I’d take that over a pile of old Hewlett-Packard’s.

It’s $85.50 for a quick title in Washington State. That is if you can’t wait the 8-10 weeks and save $50. https://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/replacetitle.html

If you had a loan on the vehicle the title may still be at the credit union or the bank. They don’t automatically send it to you when it’s paid off.

In Minnesota you get the title but it has “security interest” listed on it so people know that has to be satisfied first. Once you get the lien release from the bank, you take that to DMV and they’ll send a new title with out the security interest on it. It’s $10 or $15 for a new or duplicate titl…

If you are the actual owner you can legally sell without the title, assuming you can find a buyer foolish enough to purchase a car without a title. If successful, the new owner may not be able to register the car for road use, depending on where he lives.

[image] bing: I can’t imagine why someone would put good money down on a car that they didn’t get the title for? Just a promise of a title to come? +1 It’s a variation on the old… “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” spiel…

Thank you for all of the replies. The DOL recommended that I don’t get a duplicate title because all I really needed was an affidavit of loss or something and it was cheaper. I filled that out and they said that would be like a stand in for the real title.

What does DOL stand for and how did you get an answer on a week end .

You may not like this . . . There’s still no way I would buy the car from you, if you didn’t have a title in hand And you’re going to run into buyers just like me Even though it may be cheaper to get that “affidavit” . . . your chances of selling the car will increase dramatically if you just get…

And without the title it’s probably not as easy to establish the fact that you sold the car. No way I’d do it.

Can I sell my car without a title in hand? (it's lost)

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VDCdriver August 4, 2019, 2:15pm 24

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It’s a variation on the old… “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” spiel…

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