How can I find out what names are on my car title and/or who is registered legally no my vehicle??
Question: I signed the original title registration application and found one issued last February. However, I recently did a vehicle background check and found another title # issued or updated in August and I have no information about that transaction. Can their be two title numbers on one car? How can I find out who the car is legally registered to without going to the DMV?
Answers: Why would you NOT go to DMV? If you are the owner you are in the right.
Go to your local DMV office.
carfax.com
Go to the DMV.
check with your local dmv using the vin number. the state of GA has a phone number you can call to hear the current status of a title. so your state my have something similar.
Legally there is only one title; the previous title might have been for the prior owner, or the dealership, but only one person or business can own the car at any given time. So only one title is valid.
If there is a lein on the car--- you financed it but you haven't paid the loan off yet--- the title could have been changed if the original lender sold the loan. That's pretty common; loans get sold all the time, and your lender doesn't have to notify you unless your payment address changes. So the new title issuance may have simply been to reflect that Bank #2 now holds the note, instead of Bank #1.
You can use a service like carfax.com to research the title. It's not free but it's not horribly expensive either.
go to the car dealership and find out. they have records who bought it.
You may be able to copy the VIN (vehicle identification number) off of the front - passenger's side - of your dashboard by looking in your front window of your car or you may find it on the inside of your door. Take the VIN to your local police office. They may be able to pull it up on a computer to verify the originator of the car. Where or who you purchased the car should provide you with all of the information you need. If they refuse to give you this information you have a RIGHT to have, take them to court. They could be up for charges of imbezelment or fraud for selling or giving you a vehicle without proper identification.
If it is truly YOUR car, you should have a copy of your title, if the car is paid for. If you are paying on your car, you should be provided with a copy of your title with a lien on the copy of the title. If you have not been provided with any indication that the car belongs to you, contact your Department of Motor Vehicles and authorities because it is illegal to sell or transfer a vehcle without proper indorcement. If your car was owned by a previous owner and they sold or gave the car to you, the proper paperwork - still - should be provided to you.
Without proper and valid paperwork, the car is not yours!
If you are driving your car and you are stopped by a law enforcement officer, without valid registration and title, how can you prove the car is actually yours? They can either take it away and impound it, or arrest you for stealling it (Grand Theft Auto).
Your car; you are legally on it...no one else unless there is a co-signer!
This is tricky because, in theory, you could have a legally titled and registered car in your name, but there could be someone who owned it before you in another state that could try and get a duplicate title. (unlikely though, because I think all DMVs can check a VIN to see if it's already titled). I came across a situation where a customer gave me a title for the car she traded into our dealership, then a week later, filed for a duplicate (she lived in the next state over). It caused major problems for the customer who in turn bought the car from us (luckily, they lived in the same state as the previous owner did, so it was caught).
However, if you have registration/title to prove you own it, I would contact the DMV with a copy of that vehicle history report and get to the bottom of it.
Answers: Why would you NOT go to DMV? If you are the owner you are in the right.
Go to your local DMV office.
carfax.com
Go to the DMV.
check with your local dmv using the vin number. the state of GA has a phone number you can call to hear the current status of a title. so your state my have something similar.
Legally there is only one title; the previous title might have been for the prior owner, or the dealership, but only one person or business can own the car at any given time. So only one title is valid.
If there is a lein on the car--- you financed it but you haven't paid the loan off yet--- the title could have been changed if the original lender sold the loan. That's pretty common; loans get sold all the time, and your lender doesn't have to notify you unless your payment address changes. So the new title issuance may have simply been to reflect that Bank #2 now holds the note, instead of Bank #1.
You can use a service like carfax.com to research the title. It's not free but it's not horribly expensive either.
go to the car dealership and find out. they have records who bought it.
You may be able to copy the VIN (vehicle identification number) off of the front - passenger's side - of your dashboard by looking in your front window of your car or you may find it on the inside of your door. Take the VIN to your local police office. They may be able to pull it up on a computer to verify the originator of the car. Where or who you purchased the car should provide you with all of the information you need. If they refuse to give you this information you have a RIGHT to have, take them to court. They could be up for charges of imbezelment or fraud for selling or giving you a vehicle without proper identification.
If it is truly YOUR car, you should have a copy of your title, if the car is paid for. If you are paying on your car, you should be provided with a copy of your title with a lien on the copy of the title. If you have not been provided with any indication that the car belongs to you, contact your Department of Motor Vehicles and authorities because it is illegal to sell or transfer a vehcle without proper indorcement. If your car was owned by a previous owner and they sold or gave the car to you, the proper paperwork - still - should be provided to you.
Without proper and valid paperwork, the car is not yours!
If you are driving your car and you are stopped by a law enforcement officer, without valid registration and title, how can you prove the car is actually yours? They can either take it away and impound it, or arrest you for stealling it (Grand Theft Auto).
Your car; you are legally on it...no one else unless there is a co-signer!
This is tricky because, in theory, you could have a legally titled and registered car in your name, but there could be someone who owned it before you in another state that could try and get a duplicate title. (unlikely though, because I think all DMVs can check a VIN to see if it's already titled). I came across a situation where a customer gave me a title for the car she traded into our dealership, then a week later, filed for a duplicate (she lived in the next state over). It caused major problems for the customer who in turn bought the car from us (luckily, they lived in the same state as the previous owner did, so it was caught).
However, if you have registration/title to prove you own it, I would contact the DMV with a copy of that vehicle history report and get to the bottom of it.
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