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…

[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.

[image] welcomtotehjungle_155638: 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. He just has to buy it :question: You holding a gun to his head :question: Maybe I’m missing something but in Virginia (don’t know about Washingto…

It’s true in California that you can fill out a “lost title” statement and the buyer can take that to the State office, but there’s no assurance that the records in the State are showing the same owner as the statement, so it’s a risky thing. Most rational buyers will be very unlikely to do the tra…

I am looking to buy a used car right now, and I am amazed how many people offering cars for sale have all kinds of excuses why they don’t have the title, or why the title is in someone else’s name. Oh, and even with a valid notarized title, I still need to run the VIN through the state’s lien searc…

Let’s think about who WOULD buy a car when the seller doesn’t have the title. Nobody smart, or wanting to make sure things were done legally. This is another HUGE reason not so sell it this way.

Department Of Licensing which is Washington State’s version of the DMV.

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

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asemaster August 5, 2019, 7:31pm 36

DOL is the Department of Licensing in Washington State. There, an Affadavit of Lost Title is every bit as good as having the original. I would have no worries about getting that when buying a car. I have done it.

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