Title Transfer

During any time there is a change in ownership the department of motor vehicles requires this transfer to be reported to the DMV. Such a change in ownership must be reported to the DMV within 10 days. Changes in ownership could occur due to sale, gift, or donation, adding or deleting the name of an owner, inheritance acquiring, or satisfaction of the lien.

The process of doing a vehicle title transfer is simple. You will need to bring the certificate of title, your ID and smog check or a bill of sale if it is needed. Our staff is highly skilled and well informed to answer all your questions and concerns especially before purchasing a vehicle.

Must do before purchasing a used vehicle.

1. Match the title with the Seller’s ID. There is a huge number of sellers that do not transfer the vehicle into their names, they just want to sell the car without getting involved in the transaction. This could put you at risk for a number of reasons. First of all, you might have difficulty contacting the prior owner of the vehicle. In some cases, the car has a problem, or you find out that the DMV is having a problem with the transfer after purchasing the vehicle then contacting the prior owner will be extremely difficult.
2. Issue Date of the title, when losing a title, you can go to the DMV and request a duplicate title, we see this a lot, the seller will use the old title which has been voided by the DMV to sell the vehicle, then when you the buyer go to transfer the title the DMV will ask you to bring the most current title in. Thus, we recommend everyone to contacts us before purchasing a vehicle for us to check if all the information is up to date.
3. Salvage vehicles. When the vehicle gets involved in an accident the DMV will issue a salvage certificate for that vehicle you might not be aware of that and end up purchasing a salvage vehicle for the price of a clean title vehicle.
4. Vehicle could have an out of state title, this could be the hardest issue a customer might face when purchasing a vehicle, the seller will give a California registration and a bill of sale which you might think is ok, however, the title might be from a different state, the DMV will require the out of state title to be surrendered for the transfer of ownership to be complete, which could be very hard especially if the seller was not cooperative with you. And some out-of-state DMV does not accept online duplicate title requests.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at 1 stop auto registrations so we can look at your paperwork and make sure it is done accurately the first time.
5. Odometer issues. Some title will display mileage that are different than the one in the system this could be due to number of reasons. However, you could purchase a vehicle for a higher price, however in realty the odometer could be more than what was stated on the title.
6. Stolen vehicles. Sometimes a deal is too good to be true. If the vehicle is stolen from a used car dealership, for example, it could take days if not weeks to get reported to the DMV or the police. During this time, this vehicle could be sold multiple times. Thus, contact us before purchasing the vehicle so you do not become a victim.

Do Not Become a Victim; Contact Us today for DMV Transfer Title Online at Hayward, DMV Vehicle Title Transfer Services Fremont and In Oakland CA

The benefits of having 1 Stop Auto Registration on your side when purchasing a vehicle are tremendous when you can check all the information of the vehicle before paying any money. We highly recommend you as a buyer to bring the seller and perform a title check before purchasing the vehicle.

Seller’s benefit; when selling a vehicle, the seller’s responsibility is to submit a vehicle release of liability, doing so will release all liability of your interest of the vehicle however, if the buyer takes FasTrak tickets or gets into an accident the seller will have to show evidence of the release of liability, thus save yourself this headache and make sure the buyer completes the title transfer.

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