Open Title Purchase
I was looking at a trailer online and it was reported to have a clean title. The seller explained he had the title after purchase from a family member original owner who signed the back of the title....
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ScottG wrote:
Where I live, if you wait too long to transfer title, you will be fined.
I think the proper terminology is “may” be.
I’ve bought vehicles/toys with titles that were not in the sellers name and waited years to title in my name. No issues with fines or late fees.
Same with titles in the sellers name.
Same with things already owned when we moved here and not re-titling them with a WA title for months or years.
Haven’t found it to be a big deal.
Just relaying actual experiences which may differ from others’ experiences I suppose.
Bottom line, I don’t care who’s name is on a title as long as it’s a valid title and it’s signed over (or magically gets signed over before hitting the dmv…;)
