How to Transfer a Car Title in Indiana
If you are inheriting a vehicle, selling a vehicle or buying a vehicle in Indiana, a title transfer is required to put the new owner's name on the title. In Indiana, the process of buying or selling a vehicle is the same as transferring the car title. Inheriting a vehicle requires a different form. Regardless of your reason for a car title transfer in Indiana, it is something that you can easily do on your own at the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
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Things You'll Need
- Current title
- Affidavit for transfer of certificate of title for a vehicle/watercraft
- Application for certificate of title
Instructions
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Visit the Indiana BMV website (see Resources) and click on the “Titles” tab. Select “Title forms” from the left sidebar to see all of the forms relating to Indiana car titles.
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Scroll down for the available title forms. If you are doing a transfer due to a death of the owner, click the link for the “Affidavit For Transfer Of Certificate Of Title For A Vehicle/Watercraft” form. If you are doing a title transfer for another reason, such as selling the car, click the link for the “Application For Certificate Of Title” form.
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Complete the form online, then print it out, or print it out to complete by hand. You will need to enter in the details of the current owner, the new owner and the vehicle.
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Take the completed form along with the current registration for the car, your driver's license and the current title to your local Indiana BMV office. The BMV website has a list of all of the office locations and hours.
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Give all the paperwork to the clerk at the BMV and pay the fee for a new title.
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Tips & Warnings
The current owner has to sign over the title on the back for the transfer unless the title transfer is due to death.
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