Washington too, the part to notify the state is 
attached to the bottom of the last title I did. As  plus I did it on line too.

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com

At  4/17/2015 09:55 AM, Mike Miller wrote:
>You don't have to do this in California. Just 
>file a Notice of Transfer or Sale [NOTS] and you're covered legally.
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>I believe you can even do these on line now but haven't done that personally
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>      On Friday, April 17, 2015 9:51 AM, Loren 
> Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>  ​RE: Paying For a Vehicle
>Let me add one other caveat to this thread.
>In addition to the money transfer is also the transfer of title on a
>vehicle.�  Any time I have sold to a private party I have gone with them to
>the local vehicle license office and done the title transfer right there,
>right then.�  That avoids any problems down the road if the vehicle is
>involved in an accident, used in a crime, abandoned by the side of the
>road, etc.�  The title does not get handed to the buyer, it gets handed to
>the clerk and the transfer takes place while I am standing there.