Pat Goss' Tips & Expert Advice

Get Ready to Transfer Titles

When you buy or sell a car there is a great deal of paperwork which must be filled out and change hands. When the time comes to transfer ownership from the seller to the buyer, the title must be correctly transferred in order for the buyer to gain legal ownership. Sometimes, when the seller is gathering up the necessary documents to prepare to transfer the title he or she realizes that some of the required documents are missing. If the seller needs to replace a lost car title, for example, it is preferable to realize this early in the sales process in order to obtain the replacement documents in time to transfer the title correctly. There are two viable options when documents wind up lost: either head to the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to request replacements, or instead rely on a title transfer service to obtain the documents for you. Unless you know the ins and outs of the DMV process, it may be in your best interest to utilize the title service for something like this. Title transfer service companies can usually get the job done quicker and more efficiently because it is what they do every day. The task may seem quite daunting to a person who is not used to the process of requesting lost paperwork from a governmental agency. Escrow.com can handle this type of issue for its title transfer clients for an additional fee.