Is “Jumping” A Car Title A Crime?

Very often the subject comes up about an open title or a jumping title. What that means is if you have a title certificate like this one, it’ll have all the information on the front about the vehicle, and on the back it has a place where the owner can sign their name as the seller to the new buyer. If the owner just signs their name and leaves the buyer blank, that’s called title jumping or title skipping.

Scenario of Title Jumping
What happens is many times a buyer will want the title to be open so they can flip the vehicle. So let’s say somebody’s selling a car on Craigslist or Facebook and the buyer comes to you and says, “Hey, I want to buy your car. Just sign the back of the title. I don’t know what name I’m going to put it in yet, so just leave it blank. I’ll fill it in later.” Well, if you do that, you may be guilty of title jumping.

Consequences for Sellers
Title jumping: right on the back of the title, it says do not sign a blank title. There are many reasons why this can create problems. You might not think as a seller it’s any problem for you because you don’t care who buys the car, right, as long as you get your money. But what happens is if you sign an open title, you have no idea who you sold it to. You have no idea if they’re actually going to put it into their name right away, which means you’re liable for things that could happen with the vehicle.

Legal Implications for Sellers
You also don’t know if they’re avoiding taxes and evading taxes, and if you help them do that, you could be liable as well. In most states, there’s fines, penalties, and imprisonment if you are caught jumping titles, and as the seller, you could be just as liable. On the back of that title, it has language that says violation could be a criminal offense.

Specific Risks and Penalties
And what it spells out is if someone sells a car to another person, they only sign their name but not fill out any additional information about the sale, such as the price or mileage. That’s another problem that can come up. If you don’t fill in the back of the title, you don’t put in the mileage, somebody could roll back the odometer and have a vehicle with an illegal odometer reading. You could also change the price where if somebody gives you 3,000 for it and they say I only gave you a thousand, they pay less tax, right, and that could be title or tax fraud, tax evasion.

Legal Standing of Title Jumping
And according to this article, and this is a little bit of exaggeration, title jumping is considered a felony and highly illegal in 50 states. It’s not a felony in all 50 states. It’s a crime in almost every state, but if you’re caught doing it intentionally, the penalties can be pretty severe.

Buyer Precautions and Solutions
As a buyer, if you have purchased a vehicle with an open title, sometimes you walk into the DMV with that title not filled in, they’ll seize it from you. They will impound the title and sometimes the vehicle. If you have that happen to you, you may be able to do a bonded title, you may be able to do a court order title, and you may be able to do some type of magistrate title.

Title Bond Costs and State Variations
One of the things to keep in mind is if you get a title bond, remember it only is going to cost you about a hundred dollars for the title bond. Many people think it’s going to cost you thousands of dollars for a title bond, but there are some states where you can’t get a bonded title. Here’s a list of those states. There’s about 10 states that you can’t, but you can do a court order title.

Conclusion and Resources
And all the information on bonded titles, court order titles, jump titles are all available on our website at cartitles.com. Just make sure that you know when you’re buying a vehicle, get a good certified title transfer to your name. If for some reason the seller doesn’t have it, think twice about giving them your hard-earned money unless they’re going to give you a valid legal title.

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Why Do I Need A VIN Verification For My Title?

Why VIN Verification is Required by DMV
Many times a client asks us why does the Department of Motor Vehicles or the titling Authority require a VIN verification or VIN inspection on a vehicle when they’re transferring a title. Well, here’s a good reason why.

Fraud Investigation by FDLE
This is a case that was investigated for many months and there was fraud happening on titles in the State of Florida. The FDLE, which is the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, cracked down and arrested more than 20 people that were fraudulently titling cars. What were they doing? What they were doing is they were buying vehicles from dealerships on credit or with a bad check, and before the loan defaulted or before the check bounced, what they would do is they would change the VIN number on the vehicle and they would get a fraudulent VIN number (vehicle identification number). They used that to apply for a title and transfer it to somebody else so that unsuspecting buyer was actually buying a stolen car. This operation, Gone in 60 Days, netted all these people arrested.

Expansion of the Scam
What happened was it was so popular as a scam that then they started renting vehicles from airports and other high-end areas and doing the same thing. They were changing the VIN numbers, putting a fake VIN number on, and then reselling the vehicle. Sometimes they would even sell it to an insurance company.

Purpose of VIN Inspection
So the reason for having a VIN inspection or VIN verification is to make sure that the VIN number that’s on your vehicle is actually the correct VIN number for the car. Now, you know it is—you know, are aware that it’s legitimate—but the Department of Motor Vehicles wants to make sure and protect you that you’re not actually titling an illegal vehicle or a stolen vehicle.

Protecting Innocent Buyers
If the VIN number has been tampered with, removed, altered, changed, sometimes people will buy these vehicles from Copart or IAA with junk titles or parts-only titles and slap another VIN number on from a salvage vehicle, and that’s a way to sell a car or truck to an unsuspecting innocent buyer. So they’re trying to protect the owner, meaning you, or even the next buyer from having a vehicle that’s ineligible.

Simple Process of VIN Verification
Now, it’s real simple. Usually, a notary or any local agent can inspect the VIN number. Really, all they have to do is look at the VIN number, make sure it’s the same as what’s on your title paperwork, and then also verify that that’s the actual identifier for that vehicle, that it hasn’t been tampered with, it hasn’t been altered in any kind of way.

Importance Despite Inconvenience
A VIN inspection, VIN verification is inconvenient, it’s annoying, but there’s a reason that they do it. They’re not just trying to make your life miserable and make you jump through hoops or be inconvenient. They want to make sure that that vehicle is eligible, legitimate, because once they issue that title, that’s a legal government document. They’re putting their trust and faith behind it that you are now the owner, that’s a legitimate vehicle.

One-Time Requirement
So now when you go to sell it, you can represent to your buyer everything’s legit. So it is a one-time thing. You don’t have to do it every year; you don’t have to do it every month. It’s a one-time event that you have to get a VIN verification performed to make sure that that vehicle is legitimate.

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Why Is It Hard To Get A Title For A Car?

So you ever wonder why it’s so hard to get a title for a vehicle if you purchase a vehicle and when you bought it if you didn’t get a legal title certificate like this one that has all the vehicle information and ownership information on it you can’t just stroll into the DMV and tell them to give you a title. The reason why is because having the old title is protection that the ownership is legit.

The DMV’s Role in Title Verification
In this article, we’re going to talk about today is one reason that protects you when the DMV is giving you a hard time about getting a title right you might just think well just give me the title how hard could it be why you give me the runaround. Well, the reason is when you have a title printed with your name on it for that vehicle that declares you to be the owner and if anything happened with the ownership of that vehicle before you bought it then they’re not going to give you the title just like once you have the title you don’t want somebody else just demanding a title from the DMV and taking away your ownership.

Fraudulent Title Transfers: An Oklahoma Case Study
Here’s a good example of the kind of things that people come up with the crazy creative ways this happened in Oklahoma where they were defrauded out of a hundred thousand well how did this work well what happened is this kid he’s 19 years old he walked into a car dealership with a vehicle that was worth forty eight thousand dollars the dealership agreed to purchase the vehicle for forty eight thousand dollars but there was a loan on it and the loan was for Seventeen hundred and thirteen dollars okay so the dealership said I’ll give you forty eight thousand we’ll pay off your loan of seventeen thousand and we’ll give you the difference we’ll give you a check you received the check for forty six thousand two seventy two.

The Mechanics of the Fraud
Now before they they gave them the check they verified with the lien holder the bank the lender that was actually Seventeen hundred dollars owed right dealerships do this all the time they contact lien holders they buy vehicles with liens on them all the time and what happened is he also came back to the dealership a couple days later with another car where the payoff amount was 22.44 and the vehicle was worth sixty six thousand so they gave him the difference on that one too but here’s what happened right before he went into the dealership he made fraudulent transfers on the balance for those loans.

The Execution of the Fraudulent Transfers
So what he did was he went into the bank and he owed let’s say sixty thousand dollars on the vehicle and he made a fake wire transfer or wrote a fake check to the lien holder to pay the loan down to pay it down from sixty thousand down to two thousand right so now on the books it looks like there’s only two thousand owed but in reality that transfer that reduced it was fake. So within a few days the bank reversed that payment and now the payoff went back up but by now the kid already got the money right and he ran off so the bank now pays the payoff to the lien holder two thousand dollars and they don’t get the title because the lien holder says no the payoff is sixty thousand well we thought it was two thousand yeah but that was because of a fake transfer.

The Risks of Fake Transfers
And these fake transfers can be made a number of ways you can write a bogus check you can do a fake wire transfer that doesn’t clear you can do an ACH that is invalid there’s a lot of ways to do it and in the meantime the dealership is holding the bag the same thing could happen to you as a car buyer you could have somebody say look I want to sell you this car you pay off my loan give me the difference and you’ll be the owner and you call the bank and you verify the payoff and you send that much and same thing happens.

The Importance of Verifying Title Authenticity
There’s another reason why it’s not good to buy a car without a title even if you do get a title you want to verify it if somebody hands you this title and you give them the money what if you find out later that that title was a duplicate title and they got a fresher newer title since then that they signed over to somebody else many times what these sellers will do is they will get a duplicate title they’ll keep the old one they’ll say they lost it but they keep the old one they’ll take the new title and transfer it to another state that way if you contact your local state it’s still going to be in that person’s name but you won’t know that another state has it because it takes several weeks or months for other states records to come back to your home state.

The DMV’s Protective Measures
So there’s a lot of ways that titles can be scammed so unless you’re handed an actual legal title when you buy a car and you can verify that that title is the most active one with the DMV you’re at risk and that’s why the DMV goes through a lot of steps to verify these things before they hand you a new title it may seem like a pain in the neck it may seem like they’re giving you the runaround a lot of red tape in some ways it is but it’s there to protect you because if later on down the road you own that vehicle fair and square and somebody else does one of these funny business with a title now you’re out your vehicle.

Titles as Valuable Assets
So there’s a reason that titles by definition are difficult to get it’s kind of like if you walked into the bank and say hey just give me ten thousand dollars well they’re going to verify that you actually have ten thousand in the bank and verify your ID because handing you a title is just like the bank handing you ten thousand dollars whatever the value that vehicle is when somebody gives you a title with your name on it that’s like giving you the value of that vehicle and you might say well the vehicle is not worth that much doesn’t matter they take it one thousand dollar vehicle just as seriously as a ten thousand dollar vehicle or a hundred thousand dollar vehicle because to somebody that money is real money.

Final Advice on Title Verification
So be aware that when it comes time to get a title for a vehicle from the DMV the fact that that government agency is kind of being a little difficult about it is there because they’re considering that to be a serious thing when they give you that title they’re granting you legal ownership and if you don’t have the right proper paperwork just a bill of sale they don’t know who signed that bill of sale they don’t know if it’s the actual owner they don’t know if maybe the owner signed it over to somebody else so a bill of sale normally is not sufficient to get a title by itself and that’s why they make you jump through some hoops.

Solutions and Contact Information
There’s solutions to these problems don’t despair if you bought a car without a title as long as it’s legitimate no liens no Salvage no no stolen you can get a title for it just remember it’s not going to be as easy if you got the title like you’re supposed to in fact in most States it’s actually illegal to buy and sell cars without titles no people do it all the time so don’t worry about the fact that it’s going to be a big deal unless there’s something wrong with the history of that vehicle. So if you have other questions you can reach our website cartitles.com or email or help desk help car titles.com is the email.

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Vermont Loophole Cancelled. Now What?

The End of the Vermont Title Loophole
So the famous Vermont title loophole is over. If you’re watching this channel for the last few years, you’ve heard us talk about how this thing was going to come to an end and how many states were giving people a hard time about it. Going back 3 or 4 years shouldn’t be news to many of you. We’re going to talk about what do you do now, what is the new loophole besides Vermont after Vermont.

Vermont Registrations Explained
But before we do that, let’s talk about what’s happening with the prior Vermont registrations. Here’s how it worked, and some of you know this already. Maybe you just found out about the Vermont loophole now, maybe you’ve known about it for years and you’re trying to find out what to do otherwise. Maybe you sent in paperwork to Vermont and they sent it back. The Vermont loophole, so to speak, was a method that people would use to get a title for their vehicle when they did not have the proper documents for their own State.

Publicizing the Loophole
You can see here this was, you know, talked about on Hagerty Insurance, one of the world, one of the country’s biggest legitimate insurance companies. They talked about the Vermont loophole. In fact, they were one of the places that publicized it many years ago, and they talked about on the channel about how they use our service to do this or reference our website.

The Process
So here’s the thing: what you would do is you would apply by mail to the state of Vermont to get a registration. You’re not getting a title; you got a registration. Once you got that registration from Vermont, then you bring it to your state to exchange for a title. It gave you something, a piece of paper with your name on it, that you could bring to your state to get a title.

Issues with the Loophole
The problem with it is that’s not what your state wanted you to do. They wanted you to jump through the hoops in your state to get a title, maybe a bonded title, maybe go back to the owner to get a duplicate. Right. But people took this loophole because they thought it was the easy way out, and in some cases, there were some parts of it that were easier, but in reality, a lot of times, it was harder than just doing it the right way. You had to pay tax to Vermont, which was a huge tax bill. You had to first get the Vermont license plate and then switch it over to your state. There were also some insurance issues that came up.

State Rejections
So, starting in 2017 or 18, some states started to reject Vermont registrations if you brought them in. For a while, the state of Indiana wouldn’t let you exchange a Vermont registration for a title. Then for a while, Ohio gave you a hard time. There was a period of time in Florida where they put signs in the window of the DMV in Florida: “Don’t bring us a Vermont registration, we consider it to be fraud.” So these are the pushbacks that people got from it.

New Loophole: Court Order Title
So we recommended many years ago to look at other options. There’s a new loophole, really not new, it’s always been in existence. Some people don’t want to do it because they think it sounds hard; they think that it’s going to be more trouble than it’s worth, and that’s by going over the head of your DMV. Look, if you walk into the DMV in your state and you don’t have one of these (a legal title to a vehicle from the last owner properly signed on the back to you, no cross out, no white out, no tears) and you actually have it, if you don’t have a title, you can’t get a new title with your name on it. The DMV is not going to give you one just based on your say-so, not even with a bill of sale. Bill of sale means nothing; that’s just a receipt that somebody gave you for payment of the vehicle. It doesn’t mean that they owned it, doesn’t have any proof that they were the owner, so they don’t take bill of sale to give you a title.

Going Over the DMV’s Head
So what do you do even if they wanted to? The DMV can’t do it. You go over their head. Who is their boss? Their boss is the court. So what you do is you do a court order title. This is an example of one from Pennsylvania. This is the procedure you follow when you wish to obtain a certificate of title to a motor vehicle if you don’t have the old title. You have to prepare these forms: look, there’s Section Two, Section Three, Section Four, Section Five, Section Six, Section S. Court order. Court grants your petition. It will grant an order. Once the order is filed, you need to get a copy and then bring it to PennDOT; that’s Pennsylvania’s version. In this state, this is Oklahoma: court order to issue a title.

The Court Process
We didn’t invent this. This is actually a court process. Now, most counties in the country don’t have a specific court order title pre-made document like this one. Most counties, you have to type this up. I see all these words on the page. You have to type it from scratch and file it. Some counties have it; you put in the VIN number, you put in your name, you put in the information. Look, in support of this application, the applicant would state under oath he is the owner of this vehicle and came into possession under the following circumstances. Three lines: how’d you get the car? Bought it on Craigslist for 500, whatever. Verification: I read this application; statements are true and correct. You have to get it notarized. Court order for issuance of title.

Examples from Different States
So this is one example. We looked at the other one from Pennsylvania. Some states have examples of these. Ohio has a few counties that have examples. If your state has one or your county has one, you can use it as a template. If not, you can type this up, file it with the court. First, see you’re going over the head of the DMV. The court will do a little bit of research. They’re going to make sure your vehicle’s not stolen, make sure it has no liens, make sure it’s not a salvage or parts only or junk title. They’re going to make sure there’s no claims against it from a probate. Once that’s all checked out, they may ask you for a few more things, maybe a picture of the VIN number to prove you’re in possession of the vehicle. They may ask you to show up in the clerk’s office, raise your right hand, and swear under oath everything you said is true. Normally, they don’t require you to do a big Law and Order Jack McCoy court case. They don’t want to do all that; they want to keep it simple, and they issue this order.

Court Order vs. DMV Rejection
Here’s the application for an order. Here is the actual order: court order for issuance of title. Once you get that signed by the judge, so ordered, district court judge signs it right here, you take that to DMV and slap it on the counter, and they have to give you a title no matter what paperwork you don’t have because this trumps not having this. So this is the new loophole. It is maybe a little bit more bureaucratic; you might have to fill out a couple more forms, but here, look, this one here has three forms. Usually, you have three or four forms, and we’ll talk about what they are here in a minute.

Comparing Processes
The Vermont process, you have to fill out the Vermont application VD-19. You have to get that back; you have to sign over that registration, that’s step two, and then apply for a title in your state. Three forms, and you have to wait for Vermont to issue a registration, which may take 3 or 4 weeks. Then you have to bring it to your state to switch for a title, which may take 2 or 3 weeks. In the meantime, you’re paying fees to both states, waiting for both states. This one here, you’re just jumping to the front of the line, right? You’re going over their head at the DMV and having the judge say, “No, this person is squared away, and we’re giving him a title.” More importantly, you don’t have to worry about the DMV not accepting what you bring them. If you bring your DMV a Vermont registration in the past, they could reject it if they wanted to. If they thought you were trying to do something sketchy, they could throw you out. They can’t reject a court order. Court order is, you know, rock-paper-scissors. Court order beats DMV.

The New Loophole: Advantages
So use this technique and this process to your advantage. It’s the new loophole. Is it a little more work? Maybe a little bit. Is it a lot more powerful? A lot more powerful because there’s no rejection by the DMV. Can the court reject it? The court can reject it, but normally they’re only going to do that if there’s something wrong with your vehicle or your story. If you stole the car, if somebody else stole the car, if there’s liens on it that you haven’t cleared yet (and there’s ways to clear liens, we talk about that in other videos), or if the vehicle is not eligible for a title (is it a junk parts-only vehicle). As long as you have a legitimate vehicle, this is the way to go, and you don’t have to pay anybody to do this. You can fill out all these forms yourself. Our website has examples of how to do that. We also have a title service; if you want assistance with it, of course, we can help you, but you don’t have to pay anybody to do this. You don’t have to hire an attorney; you don’t have to hire a lawyer. You can do these yourself. They give you the checklist of what to do.

Using Templates and Getting Help
Even in the states where they don’t give you that, you can use templates that we provide on our website to be able to figure it out. Or if you want help, we can do that too. Don’t fear the Vermont loophole being over. It’s not the end of the world. You can still get a title. These ways are better.

Potential Revocations of Vermont Registrations
Here’s the other kicker: there’s word out there from some insiders at DMVs that some states are going to go back over the last 12 months and find people who submitted a Vermont registration in order to get a title in their state and revoke those titles. We’re already hearing this is going to happen. So be glad that you didn’t do the Vermont process because there’s some people that are going to have a rude awakening when they get their letter in the mail from their state DMV, let’s say Nevada DMV, saying, “Hey, remember that Vermont registration you brought us? We’re revoking your title. We’re undoing it.” So now you have to go through another process.

Conclusion
So be glad you didn’t do it, especially in the last few years. People still wanted to do it even when they’re offered the options. You know, people have the freedom of choice; they can do whatever they want, but now you can not have to worry about that option, which may not be the best overall. You can just jump right to the best way to do it: court order. How would you like to have the court on your side for a change? How would you like to have the judge be your partner for a change instead of being against you? The court is on your side against the DMV with a court order title. If you want more information, you can check out our website cartitles.com. There’s an email helpdesk at cartitles for our help desk. There’s also an option where you can arrange for a private consultation with a certified title agent to go over your specific case to see how it will work out for you.

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Didn’t Get A Title From A Car Dealer?

Curb Stoning: A Persistent Problem
So here’s another example of curb stoning or backyard car selling that proves it’s still going on. This is something that’s been going on for 40 plus years. For a while in the ’90s, it kind of fell out of favor, but now with less um prosecution or regulation, there’s more and more people doing it.

A Case in Cambria County
In Cambria County, this is in Pennsylvania, there was a person who was basically buying and selling cars out of their backyard. And it’s illegal if you’re somebody who buys and sells cars for a living. You have to have a dealer’s license. You have to have a licensed automotive dealer. Very difficult to get a license. You have to have insurance, a commercial location, all kinds of things. And most people don’t want to go through that. They just want to kind of flip cars, buy them on Craigslist, sell them on Facebook, maybe buy them at auctions.

Risks for Consumers
The problem for consumers, for buyers, is that it puts you in a bad spot for a number of reasons. First of all, the vehicles are not properly represented. If you’re a licensed dealer, you have to provide certain representations that the vehicle is safe for the road, it’s been inspected, even if you sell it as is. There’s a lot of requirements that you have. Backyard dealers don’t do any of that because they don’t have a license at risk. They don’t have anything to risk.

Unlicensed Dealers and False Advertising
In fact, according to the lawsuit, this person had been selling used vehicles, many of them in need of major repairs, through Facebook Marketplace. He even used the name Dave’s Auto Sales on his ads, but he was not licensed to sell the vehicles. So that’s a problem. What else could go wrong? He advertised the vehicles as roadworthy, but the vehicles needed repairs and did not have valid titles. There’s another big huge red flag.

The Title Issue
You might buy a car from one of these backyard curbstoners and not get a title. I can’t tell you how many times our sales staff, you know, we get hundreds and hundreds of calls every day. People say I bought a car from this guy on Facebook or Craigslist, and I didn’t get a good title, or the title I got was no good. So that’s another problem because if it’s a licensed dealer, even though problems happen with licensed dealers, they normally have to fix it because their license is at stake.

Consumer Confidence
According to the article, the person made himself a trustworthy car dealer and broke consumer’s confidence in buying a reliable vehicle. He refused to provide customers with a written agreement, refused to submit paperwork to PennDOT and complete the title. In some cases, he legally repossessed the vehicles and did not have a license to do installment contracts.

Verifying Dealer Legitimacy
So again, this is not a new thing. We’ve seen it before. It’s very important that if you are purchasing a vehicle, you either determine that it’s a licensed legitimate dealer or if it is a private seller, that’s fine. If it is a private seller, make sure when you look at the title, and here’s a title certificate, you’ve seen them before, that you look at the name on that title. Who’s the legal owner? And make sure that the person you’re buying it from is that owner. Check their ID. Don’t just have them sign on the back because if the vehicle’s already signed over on the back, you won’t be able to get a title.

Flip Titles and Their Consequences
That’s called a flip title or jump title. It’s the same as not having a title. Once a vehicle is signed over to somebody, the buyer listed, they have to get a new title first with their name printed on the front before it can go to another person. So if you’re buying a vehicle, protect yourself. Ninety percent of the title problems that we hear about from consumers are things that could have been prevented at the time of sale: flip title, jump title, maybe a title that has white out or damage on it, maybe not even getting a title.

The Importance of a Valid Title
Anytime you purchase a vehicle, don’t get a title, you might think, well, a bill of sale is good enough. Many times you can get a title with a bill of sale, but it doesn’t always work. There are some vehicles that are not eligible for a title. Sometimes the last owner didn’t pay their taxes, and they have back taxes. That vehicle’s frozen. Sometimes there’s liens on vehicles. So there are things that come up that can prevent you from getting a title, no matter how good of a bill of sale you have.

Potential Risks
Sometimes the person selling it doesn’t even belong to them. Look, in theory, think about this. If I went to, you know, Hertz Gold Enterprise—I’m sorry, Hertz Gold Rental Car—and I rented a car tomorrow, and I’m driving it, and I put it on Craigslist for sale, and I say, hey, I lost the title, I’ll give you a bill of sale. That car is not reported stolen, doesn’t have any liens on it. So if you did a title check on it, it would look clear. And I take your money, I give you the keys, I give you a bill of sale, you think you’re good to go. That car didn’t belong to me. That’s a Hertz rental car.

More Potential Issues
So that may not be the case with a lot of these title problems, but it just goes to show that unless you have the valid title certificate, which you know what it looks like, you’ve seen it, a bill of sale isn’t good enough. It’ll help with some of the methods of getting a title, but by itself, it doesn’t mean you automatically get one. And the work you might have to do to get a title could be pretty substantial. Sure, we can help, but there’s many things that come up that could be issues.

Seeking Assistance
So make sure you’re protecting yourself. If you do decide to purchase a vehicle without a title, be aware that your money’s at risk until you actually get that title in your hand. And there’s ways to do it. A lot of times it works. You know, 70, 80, 90% of the time it works, but sometimes there’s a gotcha on a vehicle: a lien, a salvage, parts only, maybe some claim against the vehicle, maybe probate. A lot of things can come up.

Vehicle Inspection Issues
Sometimes it’s even not about the title. It’s about the vehicle. Some states require that when a title is transferred, the car gets inspected. What if the car doesn’t pass inspection? What if it doesn’t pass emissions? Some states, like California, if the vehicle doesn’t pass emissions, no title. They call it smog in California. So do your homework.

Solutions and Support
If you are stuck in a situation where you’ve already purchased a vehicle with no title, that’s okay. Look at the solutions on our website at cartitles.com. There are some good people there that you can call up that will help you walk through your process. We can give you free consumer advice from our website. We can do consultations, we can prepare documents, we can give you blank documents, whatever we can do to help.

Conclusion
We love helping people get titles because we know how hard it is to get a title for your vehicle. We deal with DMV all the time. We know how hard it is, so we want to help in any way we can. But there’s no magic bullet to just demand a title and get one. If you have a vehicle without a title, expect there’s going to be a little bit of effort, but in the long run, don’t despair. You’ll probably be able to get one unless it’s something like a stolen car or parts only car. In that case, you’re probably going to have more trouble than you think you might. Let us know how we can be of assistance. We’d love to help people get titles. Talk to you then. Bye for now.

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