Minnesota Letter to Lienholder to Notify of Trust

When a contractor files a mechanics' (construction) lien on your home, the lien makes your home into what's called security for an outstanding debt, which the contractor claims is due and unpaid for services or materials.

You will write in the following information on the front of the title. On the title, the seller should fill in the name and address of the purchaser, the odometer information, selling price, and the date sold in the "Transfer of Title by Seller" section.

The notice must inform the homeowner of the contractor's right to lien the property, and the right to pay off any subcontractors that haven't been paid by the general contractor.

Typical fees to transfer and title a vehicle: Title Fee: $8.25 (plus $2 for each lien recorded) Transfer Tax: $10. Public Safety Vehicle Fee: $3.50. Technology Surcharge: $2.25.

Gifts. The transfer of a motor vehicle between specifically identified individuals is not charged sales tax if the transfer is a gift for no monetary or other consideration, or other expectation of consideration. The specific individuals are: spouses, parents and children, and grandparents and grandchildren.

There are only nine title-holding states: Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. In the other 41 states, titles are issued to the lien holder of your vehicle until the loan is fully paid off.

All sellers must handprint their name and sign in the assignment area of the title. The seller must list the sales price of the vehicle in the sales tax declaration area on the back of the certificate of title. The seller must enter the date of sale and complete any disclosure statements that apply.