My boyfriend signed the car title over to me at one point, however, we now want to sell the car. He wrote my name on the back but I never actually transferred the title. Can I just scratch out my name and address, or perhaps use the second (empty) space and just add the new owner's name there?
2007-09-01 09:37:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
The DMV will not accept any titles with blemishes or erasure marks. Your 2 options are to either have the name on the front of the title apply for a duplicate, or you must put the car in your name before you can continue.
The second space is for a co-buyer. I hope this helps.
http://www.theautoevaluator.net/Closing.html
2007-09-04 06:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by The Auto Evaluator™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scratch Out Car
2016-10-16 05:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you need to do is when you actually sell the vehicle, go to the DMV with the buyer and explain why your name is on the back. Don't try to alter the title. If there is no rush, have your boyfriend file for a lost title as he is still the legal owner. Once the new one shows up, destroy the old one with your name on it. Either way, you are covered and there should be no problem selling it
2007-09-01 09:46:27 · answer #3 · answered by Otto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely NOT. It's called a jump in title, and it's illegal. Sorry, but you're going to need to pay taxes and transfer it. Scratching out anything on a title voids it anyway.
2007-09-01 19:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by dark_angel_91585 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. You will need to get the title in your name and then sign that one to the new owner.
You can't alter a vehicle title.
2007-09-01 09:41:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just have the bf get a duplicate title. Or, title it in your name before you sell it to someone else. Most states have an "express" service that gets you the new or duplicate title in 3 days or so, it costs a quite bit more.
2007-09-01 09:49:45 · answer #6 · answered by Beaugrand 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wow, I read and reread your question and it sounds like a soap opera. It is ironic that you had hired a mechanic to inspect this car and relied on his advice prior to buying this car. It is unfortunate that after you paid for the car, that you then ran the smog report, which if you had done this 1st with the mechanic, might have prevented you from buying. I guess a lot of people may not ask the person they are buying from to show them ID to verify who they are, since most people may not suspect that the person selling to you is not in effect the legal owner of the car and failed to transfer the title/registration. But the biggest "red flag" was the 79,000 mileage on a 22 year old car. Most cars today on the road that are 5 to 7 years average that amount since people drive around 10 to 15000 miles per year. Granted a 22 year old car would not come w/out possible future mechanical problems and expected, but if this car was truly 79,000 miles, then the problems associated with it would be expected of a car that was only 5 to 7 years old. So you file a small claims suit, but then find out that they were unable to "serve" him, since you obviously filed against the wrong owner. Even if you are lucky enough to find him and serve him and if he should fail to show up in court, you would most likely get a default judgment on him. But even with a judgment, that does not mean you will collect, since if the guy has no assets, then their is nothing to collect from him, nor does the court go after them for collection, you do. I question the mechanic that you state you hired and relied on his advice before the purchase of this car. The fact that he did not want to disappoint you on the mileage and should have found odometer cover missing, head gasket blown etc etc, is suspect to me and did he have a vested interest since due to these problems and cost, you might use him to fix? Since you live in a state that requires a passing of smog, then the mechanic would be looking to verify if it would pass or could have passed. You might want to file a small claims suit on the mechanic for failure to notify you of these problems that you hired and relied on, since if you had known prior, may have walked away from this car deal, rather than finding this all out AFTER the purchase. How did you pay for the car? My guess would be cash, but even if check, since last Friday, most likely too late to stop-pay it. What about #3, does he have any addtl info on this guy on how to find him or who he is? You might want to consider selling this car to a scrap yard, since per the costs will most likely be more than what the car is worth.
2016-03-17 21:51:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and back in the 50's--yep 50's that is how we done it back then...Take the title to DMV and they do it --take you purse and money...
2007-09-01 09:45:26 · answer #8 · answered by Gerald 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the best thing to do is go to the tag office and talk to them. if you do something wrong on that title it will take you forever to get it fixed.better be safe than sorry.
2007-09-01 09:45:36 · answer #9 · answered by git r done 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your boyfriend, (who is still the title-holder of record),
can change the document and initial the change.
If it can be done with contracts, it should fly with the DMV.
2007-09-01 10:50:52 · answer #10 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋