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Subject:Re: craigslist paying
From:Kevin Duvernay
Date:Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:59:46 -0500

I always thought all you needed was a bill of sale to be covered legally...

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> 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.
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