Same in every state I've lived (7 at this point), all it requires is that the title is signed by the owner (or the signature looks like it was signed by the owner). The DMV /might/ care to look at the signature when they accepted it vs when they transferred it, or they might now. No notary or witness required.
In California I've heard that DMV can not, or will not, question a signature. I bought and sold cars to pay my way through college, during prime craiglist years, and had to 'recreate' countless signatures when forms were missing or required or even when I was lied to by sellers. Sounds reasonable I assume, unless we think there's a database of signatures somewhere in a government office DMV has access to, how in the world would they even be able to question a signature?
When you buy a car, there is no requirement to provide the ID of the buyer. I suppose DMV could be detectives about it, and lookup old profiles of people on 20 year old titles and somehow match them to registered owners at that time to find their id profile, but no, this isn't done.
pls give me a state name, from my experience all state will require either in-person presence of an owner (verified by ID) or a notary who verified the signature of title holder for transfer
Idaho includes a tear-off bill of sale with the title. You just take that in to the court house and request a new title. You might even be able to do that through the mail.
I’ve bought two used and one new car in NH and sold two used cars there; none of the bills of sale were notarized. I also brought 3 other used cars from out of state into NH, no notary there either.
Add Texas and New York to the list of states which don't require a notary for a private party vehicle transfer. Between NY, CA, and TX that's like 57M licensed drivers, so quite a few cars.
