Vehicle Title Solutions for Consumers

What are the available title solutions for consumers to replace a title for a vehicle in more complicated scenarios?

DIY Solutions
All of these solutions are do-it-yourself answers. You don’t need to pay anybody to do it. You don’t have to have a title agent do it.

Visit the DMV
The first is to go to the DMV. Start there. They may tell you that they can issue a title with the documentation you have. That’s fine. Try to get a rejection letter. Get some type of response from them in writing so it’ll give you guidelines to go from.

Explore Alternatives
The next thing that you want to do is look to see if there are alternatives in other states. If your vehicle is 15 years old or older, you can go through the state of Vermont, no matter what state you’re in, to get a title for your vehicle. You’ll find instructions on that in other videos we have, or you can ask about it at our website, consumerstitled.org.

Bonded Title Process
If your vehicle is newer than 15 years and you don’t have sufficient documentation for your DMV to issue a title, you may have to go through a bonded title process. You may also look at a court-ordered title depending on what documentation you have.

Contact Prior Owner
The last option that you can look at is to find out who the prior owner of the vehicle is. It may not be that simple because that information is privately held by DMVs and they won’t release it. But if you can find the prior owner, they can hand over a simple document to you. That’s a POA/Transfer of ownership that will give you a document you can then bring to the DMV that will issue a title in your name.

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