Get Kentucky Red Title

The seller should sign his/her name on the back of the title exactly as it appears on the front. The seller's signature must be notarized on the back of the title. In the case of an older title not having a notary field, the seller's signature would then be notarized on the Application for Title (TC 96-182).

Make sure to complete an Application for Kentucky Certificate of Title or Registration with the accompanying odometer disclosure. Bring photo identification. Make sure to get a lien release from the seller. Pay the title transfer fee, as well as the sales tax (which is based on the purchase price).

Submit the form to the local county clerk where the car is to be registered. The Kentucky Board of Elections website (see Resources) has a listing of all the county clerk office locations. The new owner must pay the filing fee for the new title, which is $9 as of April 2010, and the transfer fee, which is $8.

When a vehicle or vessel is sold from one citizen or business to another in Kentucky, the title must be transferred to the new owner within 15 days.

First, the seller has to release ownership of the car by signing the title. The buyer then takes the signed title to the DMV, and the state issues a new registration and title. Some states might require additional paperwork to complete the process, such as a bill of sale or a transfer of ownership form.

Kentucky is not a title-holding state; therefore, the title with the lien noted will be mailed to the owner.

When you live in a Title-holding state, the Title will be issued to the registered owner/operator of the car, regardless of lien holder. ... There are only twelve Title-holding states. In the other 38 states, Titles are issued to the lien holder of your vehicle until the loan is fully paid off.

Michigan is one of only nine states that are non-title holding states, in which titles are mailed to the owner rather than the lien holder. These states include: Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Arizona is a title holding state. If you are purchasing the vehicle on payments, the seller should record the lien on the title, and then hold the title until you have paid off the loan.

After arrival in Kentucky, flood-damaged vehicles undergo a "rebuild" process that typically involves only cleaning the interior and exterior and changing the system fluids. ... The new title is printed in red ink with the words REBUILT VEHICLE on the face of the title.

Learn more about Rebuilt Titles. A Title is a legal document, establishing a person or business as the legal owner of a vehicle or vessel. When a vehicle or vessel is sold from one citizen or business to another in Kentucky, the title must be transferred to the new owner within 15 days.

A car with a salvage title cannot be registered or insured in the state of Kentucky until it goes through a rigorous inspection process after its restoration is complete. Some states require you to go to a licensed rebuilder to have a salvage-title car repaired, but that's not the case in Kentucky.

The RED Rebuilt Vehicle Kentucky Title is NOT accepted for registration by 17 other states meaning you can only register a vehicle with the RED Kentucky Rebuilt Title in 36 States. The good part is that the State of Kentucky will allow the rebuild of vehicles with Parts Only titles.

A rebuilt title is a simply the term used for a car that was previously salvaged with a salvage title but has since been repaired. This previously salvage-titled car can then be registered and driven. Insurance could still be difficult to come by, but a rebuilt title can be registered and driven legally.

To get a rebuilt title, a person has to show the state two pictures and two estimates of costs to repair the damage. If the cost is less than 75% of the value of the vehicle, they are able to obtain a rebuilt title.