Long story short, Grandfather passed away Christmas day last year. Aunt who is the executor of his estate is gifting me his car. Checking MO DMV, it says it requires these things before it can be signed over.
"A properly assigned Certificate of Title marked with the word "GIFT" in the sale price area.
A safety inspection certificate issued less than 60 days ago.
An emissions inspection certificate no more than 60 days old.
A written statement indicating the vehicle was given to the new owner as a gift."
My question is SC does NOT do safety inspections or emission. Do I really need all that stuff done in MO just to even get the title signed over as a gift to me. This is becoming a PITA that I don't need. I am doing a fly and drive. So I want to make this trouble free.
It's not clear, are you in SC and the car is in MO, or vice versa?
I would go to your local DMV, whichever state that is, and ask them. They have a book behind the counter that lists titling and registration requirements for all other states, and should be able to tell you just what is required and what is not. In any case, if you have to get a safety and emissions test prior to driving the car home that doesn't seem like a bad idea anyway to make sure the car is roadworthy.
I'm in SC.
Car is in MO that has those requirements.
You only need to worry about the title requirements for your state. If you don't need emissions testing then you won't need it for this car.
Have her sign the title over to you and in the amount put in 1 dollar.go to your tag office and pay for S.C Tag and what ever they charge to send you a new clear Title. Done. then go get car install tag drive home.
In reply to GTXVette:
That doesn't work in Indiana, you need to have the vin of the car verified against the paper work and the vin ran by either an Indiana law enforcement officer or a bmv agent to verify it isn't reported stolen before the bmv will issue a title to you. That means the car has to be in Indiana first.
GTXVette wrote:
Have her sign the title over to you and in the amount put in 1 dollar.go to your tag office and pay for S.C Tag and what ever they charge to send you a new clear Title. Done. then go get car install tag drive home.
I wish but the lawyer told her that I have to be there when it's signed over because of power of attorney form and that has to be notarized when I'm there to get the title. Whether that is true, i don't know but if her lawyer says so I guess it's legit.
Hal
UltraDork
3/18/17 8:21 p.m.
Sine_Qua_Non wrote:
I wish but the lawyer told her that I have to be there when it's signed over because of power of attorney form and that has to be notarized when I'm there to get the title. Whether that is true, i don't know but if her lawyer says so I guess it's legit.
Probably true, but that is part of executing the estate and nothing to do with DMV requirements. BTDT just last year.
As others have said, the only DMV requirements you need to worry about are from SC.
It's often easier to just write $100 in the price box and pay the taxes on it than deal with the extra gift paperwork.
SC is going to make you pay property taxes on whatever they think it is worth anyway, so sales tax is not really a big deal.
I have gifted a car in SC and all the lady at the DMV asked me was if it was family.
Fly out and get her to properly sign the title and drive home. I would call my insurance company first just as a precaution.
In Georgia, you have a week after Purchase to Get a Tag, I bet S.C. Has a similar Grace period. Again Give Nana A dollar or a hundred or a Great BIG Kiss and roll on.
