How do I get a title in my name if the seller died before I coud get a new title issued?
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How do I get a title in my name if the seller died before I coud get a new title issued?
I recently bought a car from my friend’s stepfather in another state. Before I could register the car in my name the title was misplaced; I don’t think that it can be found. Unfortunately, the seller (my friend’s stepfather) has passed. It was right before I could get a new title but I did sign the existing title.
Asked on October 5, 2012 under Business Law, Colorado
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If the father of your friend who sold you the vehicle has died where the pink slip that he signed has been lost by you, you need to contact your friend to see if there is a probate with respect to the father's estate or a trust administration. From either of those two proceedings you either get a court order transferring title of the car into your name via probate of the successor trustee under the presumed trust signs a document allowing you to get title to the car.
From there you go to your local department of motor vehicles to get title of the car placed in your name.
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