[914turbo]

We are "hopefully" going to purchase a Porsche in LA, but we just found out a couple of days before flying out there to buy it that the owner took a lein out against the car. How quick will the CA DMV get us a title, and/or what is the process? This is what we found online....

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"Requirements after paying off your car loan.

After you pay off your loan, the lienholder will sign the title and mail it to you. If the lienholder is in DMV’s Electronic Lien and Title Program (ELT), the title will be automatically mailed to you. The ELT is a voluntary program for lienholders that provides the lienholder with an electronic (paperless) certificate of title in lieu of a paper title."

Submit your title to DMV within 30 days to remove the lienholder's name, and DMV will issue a new title in your name. "
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The only thing it does not state is if we can actually go to the DMV with a lien release and get a title immediately, or have to wait for one to be mailed. We don't want to take the car without knowing we have a title in hand, and we can't fly out there and wait for it. He told us he had a clear title..otherwise we would not have made the travel arrangements.


Any info is appreciated!