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As a result, the title application process may take several weeks to complete. If you do not receive your title certificate by mail within 90 days after you apply, contact a DMV Call Center. Your registration receipt can help verify your vehicle's plate number, make, year and vehicle identification number (VIN).

The buyer may, but does not have to be, present for the seller to complete the Assignment of Ownership; but the seller MUST have the buyer's name and address in order to complete this section and have the seller's signature notarized.

If you need to transfer a car title in Ohio, you can follow a few simple steps. First, the party selling the car needs to re-assign ownership on the title with an official signature. Once that's done, the buyer can go to the Department of Motor Vehicles and apply to re-title the car.

If your lender does not participate in Ohio's Electronic Lien and Title Program, the lender will mark that the lien was discharged and mail the paper title to you. To remove the lien from BMV records: Bring the title to any County Clerk of Courts Title Office. Apply for a title and pay for title fees.

Ohio Title Portal (OTP) This secure online system allows a motor vehicle title to be transferred electronically, from private person to private person. The buyer can apply online 24/7, instead of visiting a title office in person.

If I am signing a vehicle title, do all parties have to appear in front of me? No, only the seller must appear before the notary public if notarizing ?assignment of ownership? portion on the back of the title.

To transfer a car title in Ohio, the seller needs to transfer the title to the buyer with a notarized signature. The buyer will also need to fill out a title application and possibly an odometer disclosure.

Title transfers must take place within 30 days of the date of sale, otherwise a late fee will be assessed. Dual ownership requires both parties to be present unless a notarized power of attorney is provided. Social Security numbers for all parties are required.