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The registered owner or the person in physical possession of a vehicle being sold/transferred must submit a completed REG 138 to DMV within five calendar days of the sale (transfer). This can be done using a printed REG 138 or online, using the Internet Notice of Release of Liability (IRL) on the DMV Internet website.

If you financed a vehicle through a dealer/lender, your title paperwork must be completed by the dealership and County. This process takes up to 60 days. If it has been less than 55 days since your temporary tags were issued, please wait to receive a Title Complete postcard in the mail.

To add or remove a lien on your vehicle title, visit your local county tax office. The title fee is $28 or $33, depending on your county, and must be paid at time of application. Please contact your local county tax office for the exact cost.

Purchase from a Colorado Dealership We will send you a Title Complete Notice (white postcard) in the mail when your title paperwork is complete.

If the buyer does not sign the title and mail or give it to DVS, then the seller's name stays on the title of the car. If the buyer doesn't transfer the title within 10 days, the car's registration is suspended.

If you have the California Certificate of Title for the vehicle, the seller signs the title to release ownership of the vehicle. The buyer should then bring the signed title to a DMV office to apply for transfer of ownership.

Once you pay off your loan, your lender will send you an official release of lien letter. Take that letter to your state's Department of Motor Vehicles office (or, in some cases, to your local city or town clerk's office), and they'll issue you a car title in your name.

Once you start the online Title Transfer process, a DMV Virtual Assistant will let you know if you also need: Smog certification. Use tax and/or various other fees. Application for Replacement or Transfer of Title (REG 227) form.