# Sold a car with a lien, trying to fix it where they will be able to get the title in their name

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/sold-a-car-with-a-lien-trying-to-fix-it-where-they-will-be-able-to-get-the-title-in-their-name/79689>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [June 2, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sold-a-car-with-a-lien-trying-to-fix-it-where-they-will-be-able-to-get-the-title-in-their-name/79689 "2013-06-02T06:43:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sold-a-car-with-a-lien-trying-to-fix-it-where-they-will-be-able-to-get-the-title-in-their-name/79689/21 "2013-06-04T01:21:08Z")

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So, did the buyer keep the car? Or, did you have to make the trip and pick it up?

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**Author:** ![amp1221](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@amp1221](https://community.cartalk.com/u/amp1221)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sold-a-car-with-a-lien-trying-to-fix-it-where-they-will-be-able-to-get-the-title-in-their-name/79689/22 "2013-06-04T17:57:09Z")

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They haven’t contacted me since yesterday, telling me I had to drop the release off at a certain time.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sold-a-car-with-a-lien-trying-to-fix-it-where-they-will-be-able-to-get-the-title-in-their-name/79689/23 "2013-06-04T19:15:56Z")

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You can NOT get a loan on anything (car, house…etc) if there’s a lien against it. It happens a lot more often with homes where a contractor will add a lien on a house for any unpaid work. On a car if you have any mechanical work done and if you don’t pay for it…the mechanic can put a mechanic lien of the vehicle (just like a mechanic lien on a house). No bank will give a loan on a car that has a mechanics lien on it.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sold-a-car-with-a-lien-trying-to-fix-it-where-they-will-be-able-to-get-the-title-in-their-name/79689/24 "2013-06-04T22:23:39Z")

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Mike, I think he meant that he got a small loan for something and used the car as collateral. Not totally out of the ordinary. It wasn’t really for the car. Terms get kind of thrown around.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sold-a-car-with-a-lien-trying-to-fix-it-where-they-will-be-able-to-get-the-title-in-their-name/79689/25 "2013-06-04T22:58:52Z")

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> Mike, I think he meant that he got a small loan for something and used the car as collateral.

I wasn’t sure HOW he got the lien. All I know is if there’s a lien on the vehicle then you have to pay off that lien BEFORE you can refinance the vehicle. Mechanics lien is common.

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