Finish Title Release For Free - Title Release Form

Lienholders who have a California Electronic Lien and Title account with California ELT may request a printed title through the system to convert an electronic title to a paper title. Once a lien is released, the title print is automatically requested and mailed by the DMV.

This can be done by contacting your state's DMV. If you live in a title-holding state, the lien holder (the lender that financed your loan) will hold the title and it will only be released when the lien has been fully satisfied.

Once your loan is fully paid, the lien on your car title is lifted, and the title can be released to you. At this point, the legal ownership of the car transfers from your lender to you.

Once you've paid off your loan, your lien should be satisfied and the lien holder should send you the title or a release document in a reasonable amount of time. Once you receive either of these documents, follow your state's protocol for transferring the title to your name.

If you don't have the California Certificate of Title, you need to use an Application for Replacement or Transfer of Title (REG 227) to transfer ownership. The lienholder's release, if any, must be notarized. The buyer should then bring the completed form to a DMV office and we will issue a new registration and title.

Title jumping is when someone purchases a car and then resells it without having titled it in their own name. Also known as floating a title, the practice is illegal. A title is a record of the vehicle's ownership history kept by the state.

Yes, Jumping Titles is a felony and it is also illegal in all 50 states except in certain cases such as when someone has passed away and the family or next of kin wishes to sell the vehicle. If you are caught Jumping or Skipping Vehicle Titles you will face Fines, Penalties, and Possible Jail Time.

If the buyer doesn't transfer the title within 10 days, the car's registration is suspended.

Check the vehicle history, visit the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System website at .

Anytime there's a change to a vehicle or vessel's registered owner or lienholder, that change needs to be updated in DMV's records within 10 days and the California Certificate of Title needs to be transferred to the new owner.