We just purchased a new to us 2017 Entegra Aspire in Texas from a private party. All went well and we brought the unit home to Michigan on the Texas plates with our own insurance on the unit. Previous owner has received a release of lien letter from BOA and they say in the letter that they have released the lien electronically and that previous owner will receive a paper title in 4 to 6 weeks. Michigan Secretary of State office says we need the paper title from Texas to title in Michigan (maybe even to transfer my plates from our previous motor home). My question is this typical to take 4-6 weeks to get the paper title or is there a way to expedite getting the Texas title. For instance, can the previous owner take the release of lien letter to Texas DMV and get a title sooner??Any suggestions would be appreciated.

In NC it takes about a month and then they sign it over to you which is when the money usually changes hands. You bought something without getting the title, bad idea.

I can't tell you about motorhomes, but we bought my wife's new to her car in Texas a few months ago (we live in Louisiana 20 miles from the Texas state line), and it took about 5 weeks to get the Texas title paperwork from the dealership and Louisiana plates. It was sort of an odd situation, it was a 2017 with 5,400 miles on it, owned by the dealership, but could not be sold as new due to having over 5,000 miles. I don't remember exactly how long it took, but I do recall we were getting close to the expiration of the 60 day temporary paper plates. As I recall the dealer warned us it might take a while due to the way Texas handles title paperwork.

I'd call the TX DMV and discuss MI requirements and see what they say.

We sold rv, gave bill of sale to new owners. Took 6 weeks for bank to send new owners pink slip. Bank said documents stored off site and that's how long it took. I suppose it varies place to place. My experience 8 years ago... maybe system has improved since then.

Private purchase in Texas - need title for Michigan

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valhalla360
Navigator
Jul 31, 2018
I suspect if you want to stay legal, the RV is going to sit until it comes thru.

We ran into a similar issue with a Michigan dealer. Apparently, he accidentally showed us a trailer that was traded in but they hadn't got the title yet from out of state. We liked it and put an offer but they couldn't sell until they had the title in hand (and we would have wanted clear title anyway). 2 weeks after the date they said the title processing should be complete, we moved on and bought elsewhere.
path1
Explorer
Jul 31, 2018
We sold rv, gave bill of sale to new owners. Took 6 weeks for bank to send new owners pink slip. Bank said documents stored off site and that's how long it took. I suppose it varies place to place. My experience 8 years ago... maybe system has improved since then.
doxiemom11
Explorer II
Jul 31, 2018
I'd call the TX DMV and discuss MI requirements and see what they say.
Isaac-1
Explorer
Jul 31, 2018
I can't tell you about motorhomes, but we bought my wife's new to her car in Texas a few months ago (we live in Louisiana 20 miles from the Texas state line), and it took about 5 weeks to get the Texas title paperwork from the dealership and Louisiana plates. It was sort of an odd situation, it was a 2017 with 5,400 miles on it, owned by the dealership, but could not be sold as new due to having over 5,000 miles. I don't remember exactly how long it took, but I do recall we were getting close to the expiration of the 60 day temporary paper plates. As I recall the dealer warned us it might take a while due to the way Texas handles title paperwork.
Farmboy666
Explorer
Jul 31, 2018
In NC it takes about a month and then they sign it over to you which is when the money usually changes hands. You bought something without getting the title, bad idea.
Gulfcoast
Explorer
Jul 31, 2018
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