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.