HOW TO GO ABOUT LOST VEHICLE TITLE

Things are meant to be lost and found. Man’s tendency is to misplace them or get them stolen. Quite similar is the scene with vehicle title. Having title inside the car is simultaneous to losing it. In other words if you keep the car title inside, the possibilities of losing, damaging or misplacing it increase manifold. Therefore car owners should always be keeping copy of it safe at home.

Car title can be replaced when damaged or stolen from State’s Department of Vehicles. Just like other DMV services it has a set procedure and it is largely the same in all states. However you should visit the website of your state DMV before reaching the field office in person. It will save your time and efforts for sure. For getting a duplicate copy of the vehicle title you have to show some documents of the ownership of the vehicle.

It is relatively simple to obtain duplicate car title when the title was in your name. There are times which are trickier for the car owners such as losing the title certificate when it was still to be transferred in your name. For a clear picture imagine you have purchased a car from private seller and he signed the title document for transfer process. Before you could get it transferred in your name you lost the document. Don’t lose your mind; every problem has at least one solution to it.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU LOST IT JUST AFTER YOU BOUGHT THE CAR?

This means you have lost the very important document before getting it in your name. It is obvious that the replacement can be obtained only by the legal owner of the vehicle from DMV. So you have to find the seller and ask him to order title replacement and then sign it over to you. This is so dependent on the availability and intentions of the seller, you might need to take court orders in case he does not co-operate. Any vehicle owner can lose his compose after taking up the auto registration services and other services at DMV in person because of the complications and confusions. Nevertheless there are some better alternatives of completing the DMV requisites such as mailing, availing online services. 

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Must Know Tips To Expedite DMV Visits

Never ending queues at local DMV office test your patience and you try hard to maintain your compose. Almost every time you fail in doing that as the chaos at DMV office is never less. Owning vehicle could have been much more pleasant minus the obligation to take up DMV services in regular intervals. Though it is not possible to eliminate the DMV part but it can be made much faster, easier and convenient if you follow these tips in California.

HOW CAN YOU SAVE YOUR TIME WITH DMV?

California being the most populated state with 37 million residents has a very huge number of drivers. Most of these meet each other in the local DMV offices and blame fellow drivers to reach on the same day when you decided. DMV probably will work like this for many more years to come but the modern ways of availing auto registration services and other DMV related services can save lot of your time.  

DMV in California strives to make things better for the customers. Innovative solutions offered to vehicle owners (and drivers) speak together for its determination and efforts in the direction. It is quite up to you how updated you stay with the new ways opened up by DMV.

1)iPhone application. This application is the newest of all and helps the users to find a local DMV office and also gives you direction to reach there, informing you the office’s average wait time simultaneously. Moreover this application is free to download.

2)Telephone interactive voice response system. Use IVR system to renew driver license and vehicle registration. Though the love technicians cannot accept payments over the telephone, but the users can take the benefit of paying through debit and credit cards for such transactions. Don’t waste time in visiting local field office for making payments.

3)Online appointments. Users can save their time by making use of online appointment. Schedule your appointment prior visiting the field office and avoid waiting lines. You can book an appointment 45 calendar days in advance for driver license, vehicle registration and driving test etc.

4)Tweet DMV. DMV has entered the world of social media. Stay tuned to know the latest DMV announcements, news, FAQs. Customers can save time by tweeting @CA_DMV.

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