Lien Release For Car Title

How to Get a Lien Release for a Vehicle Title

So how do you get a lien release for a vehicle title if you have a car that needs to get a title and there’s a lien holder showing on that title record with the DMV?

The title normally won’t be released until you have that lien cleared from the title records. Some of the complications could be if the lien holder’s out of business or if the car’s not fully paid off, or if it’s an automax type car title loan.

In those cases, you have to go through a certain process. If the lien holder is out of business, you have to find out where they transfer their assets to.

If the car is not paid off, you might want to do a lien mitigation to have the lien discounted to an amount that’s palatable.

If it’s a title pawn, you may find that loan’s not even recorded on the title so there might be a duplicate title possible.

In other cases, if there’s any trouble finding the lien holder finding where they are, you can maybe get a letter of not interest from the bank listed on the title which will be the same as a lien release.

Sometimes if you have payoff documents from the bank showing that it was paid off on a certain day, the DMV may accept them.

So a court-ordered title is your last resort but if the car title loan is more than ten years old sometimes a court-ordered title may be the way to go.

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