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What is the difference between Lost Vehicle Title, Duplicate Title, and Replacement Title?

Lost Title
So what is the difference between a lost title, a duplicate title, and a replacement title? Well, a lost title is simply when you lost the document copy lost that title.

Duplicate Title
A duplicate is when you get another copy of that last prior title with no changes, meaning that if it was in the name of John Smith and the new title is issued the same way, even if it’s handed to a different person.

Replacement Title
A replacement title is like a duplicate, but you can simultaneously change ownership if you want to put it in somebody else’s name. Again, different states have different rules and different terminology, but typically a replacement title is getting another one with the option of changing the name on it.

Ownership Proof
Either way, if the title is not around, you need to get one of them to prove ownership of that vehicle.

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