Family Fellow member Titling and registering

IndividualDealership Family Member


If a family member is selling or giving you a vehicle, you will need to properly title, register and plate it. Make sure that:

  • Yous have the championship. Making changes on a title, such as crossing out a proper noun, invalidates information technology. Copies are also not acceptable. The seller must complete the seller's portion of the title, including the odometer disclosure statement, and sign it.
  • There is no outstanding loan against the vehicle. A title cannot be transferred until the vehicle loan is fully paid. A representative from the bank or financial institution that administered the loan must either accept signed the championship or provided the owner with a lien termination statement.
  • Y'all check to see that the odometer reading and vehicle identification number on the championship friction match the vehicle's odometer reading and VIN.

It is all-time if you lot and your relative tin can become to a Secretarial assistant of State office to complete the title transfer. If you are picking the vehicle up, you do non demand a license plate to drive it straight home. Never utilize a plate from another vehicle as a substitute.

If y'all do non complete the title transfer with the seller at a Secretary of State office, yous accept fifteen days from the date of sale to transfer the title into your proper noun. You will pay a championship transfer fee, and a utilize tax may exist due if your relationship to the seller does not authorize for an exemption. You will need to bring:

  • Your identification
  • The vehicle title
  • Proof of Michigan no-error insurance. You must take Michigan no-fault insurance to register a vehicle in Michigan. Out-of-state policies volition not exist accustomed. (Motorcycles must also be insured, but exercise not require no-mistake insurance.)

If the vehicle's owner is deceased, the requirements to transfer the championship and registration may vary depending on the circumstances including vehicle inheritance. Contact the Department of State at (888) SOS-MICH; (767-6424) for precise information about your situation before going to a Secretary of State function.

Yous may transfer a license plate from a vehicle you already ain to your new 1.  If you need to buy a plate, several attractive options are offered. Disability and personalized plates are also available.

The Secretarial assistant of Land'due south office will upshot you, your registration, license plate and tab. Put your plate immediately on your vehicle. Place your tab on your plate as shown on the form that comes with it.