Car Title Scams to Avoid

Beware of Car Title Scams
How do you avoid car title scams that might affect the legal title to your car or even losing money? This is Dave at Consumers Title Org. There are thousands of people who have vehicles that they’ve acquired legally that you bought maybe on Craigslist, but you don’t have one of these. You don’t have a legal government-issued title, and there are companies out there that will charge you money claiming to get one.

DIY Methods for Obtaining Titles
Remember every single method to get a title for a vehicle, you can do yourself. You don’t have to pay somebody to do. There are legal government documents you can fill out, there’s processes you can use, but there are scams out there that charge you money to do it. There’s been dozens of companies and then put out a business. There was AI TS, there was Broadway, a bunch of other companies, and were shut down. There was lien solutions out of Indianapolis, were shut down by the US Secret Service.

Avoid Mechanic’s Liens Misuse
These are companies that will take your money to do something that you could do if it could be done legally. You can do it yourself, and they’ll either not do it or though using a legal method to do it. Things like mechanic’s liens, mechanic’s liens is a process that allows a licensed body shop or garage to get a title for them to sell off a car that somebody abandoned on their lot. It’s not designed to get a title for a specific person. They have to auction it off and go through a process, but some companies use mechanic’s liens to get people titles who already have the car.

Risks of Registration Title
Sometimes it’s required you have to transfer your car to this company and then they put in their name and then transfer it back to you. There’s other companies that use a registration title meaning that they don’t actually get you a title, they get you a registration for the car that then you have to go transfer into a title if your state allows it. Remember these companies may be fly-by-night. Make sure they have an address, make sure they have a license.

Verify Legitimacy
These types of legal government services require licensing in almost every state. Get their license number right. Remember they have your personal information, they have your driver’s license, they have your credit card information, they have your VIN number of your car, sometimes even get a power of attorney from you to authorize them to sign documents on your behalf. Make sure they’re not fly-by-night.

Avoid Fake Titles
In some cases, there have been issues of a fake title being printed where these companies will create a title that’s not real. It’s just a printed up fake version that gets caught by the DMV. So avoid these scams. In most cases, you can do these things yourself. You don’t need a title agent to do it. You can do it yourself. If you have questions about how to do these things, go to our website Consumers Title Org, ask a question, and we can walk you through the process for your specific scenario.

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California Lost Vehicle Title

Here are the instructions for getting a replacement vehicle title in the state of California.

Accessing the Form
California is a true DMV state, which means their Department of Motor Vehicles is not part of another entity within the state. They have a form that you can access online.

Filling Out the Form
You can find the link on our website or through the video link. It’s a document that needs to be filled out by the current legal title donor.

Notarization Requirement
So, it’s a true duplicate if you’re the title owner and you lost your document. If you have moved and you want them to send the address and the title to a different address, you have to appear in person at a California DMV. You can’t do it by mail.

Verification Process
If it’s the same address, you can do it by mail. It does need to be notarized. There’s a place at the bottom which requires a notary verification of your signature.

Reason for Notarization
The reason why is they don’t want to be sending the title, the legal document of your vehicle, to the wrong person. They want to make sure that you actually signed it. It’s for your protection.

Electronic Title Option
California is also an electronic title state, meaning that your vehicle may have had a prior electronic title. You didn’t have a paper title. This form will allow you to get a paper title if you need it for some other reason.

Submitting the Form
So fill out this form. You can go in person to a DMV if you’d rather do it by mail. And if you’re at the same address that you were when the title was issued, you can send it in, and pretty soon you’ll have this title document mailed to you at your address.

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Alabama Lost Vehicle Title

Arranging a Lost Title Replacement in Alabama
In Alabama, the Department of Revenue handles all vehicle titling. They have a division, the motor vehicle division, within the Department of Revenue. It’s essential to note that they do this as a revenue-generating option. If you’ve lost your title or need to get a registration, they use that money for generating revenue for the state.

Accessing the Form
They have a form available for download online from their website. You can also obtain the link from our website at cartitles.com.

Tracking Title Status
Once you send in this form, you can track the status of your title online with the Alabama Department of Revenue. It’s one of the very few states that allow you to track the progress of your title being issued.

Receiving the Title
Once it’s done, the title will be printed out. It’s going to look something like this. They’ll mail it directly to your house, and you’ll have the legal title document for your vehicle.

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Vehicle Title from Previous Owner

Did you lose a title for a vehicle that was not yet in your name?

Contact the Seller First
If the title was lost or misplaced, the first thing to do is, do you still have access to that seller? That’s your first thing. More importantly, is that seller the actual title donor? If they are the ones who are the legal title owner, it’s very simple.

Seller Can Obtain Duplicate
They can go down to DMV, get a duplicate, and then sign over to you again like they did before. Now, the process sounds simple. Getting that person to actually go to DMV and do it, that’s another story.

What If the Seller Isn’t Available?
If the prior owner is not available or if the seller wasn’t the legal title owner, now it’s a bigger problem.

Look for Other Records
You need to look for what other records you have – a bill of sale, registration – and look for what legal process you can do to get the title in your name.

Special Case: Vermont Process
In most cases, you need that legal title document to get a title. However, there’s a process in the state of Vermont if the vehicle meets certain qualifications where they will issue you a title based on just having a bill of sale. And it does not have to be from the legal title owner.

Straightforward Process
The car doesn’t have to be in Vermont. It doesn’t have to ever been titled in Vermont. You don’t have to be in Vermont. It’s a very straightforward process.

DIY Solution
You can do it yourself. You don’t have to pay anybody or hire anybody to do yourself process. And it’s a document you can download from our website at cartitles.com.

Additional Assistance
You can also ask questions about particular title problems at our website consumers title org. If you have a tricky title problem you need some free assistance with, we can give you some advice.

Start with the DMV
The main thing is start with the DMV. You might have to be persistent, but they can give you some answers. But if they can’t help you, contact our website.

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Solutions for Lost Vehicle Title

One of the solutions for a lost vehicle title car title solutions depends upon your particular scenario what papers you have there’s always an answer to getting a title.

DIY Title Solutions
There’s no online title company that would charge you money that can do anything that you cannot do yourself if it’s doable you can do yourself at no charge.

The Role of Online Title Agencies
The only reason why there’s online title agencies that charge money is because they know about a process that is kind of a hidden secret that we’re keeping from you to charge money for so depending on your scenario there’s always a solution you can do yourself it may be some red tape maybe some paperwork but it will have a very little or no cost.

Conclusion
To find out what that scenario is for your vehicle ask a question at our website consumerstitle.org

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