Release ownership by signing on line 3, off to the left on the front of the title. If there is an active lien on the vehicle the lien holder must sign lien release section. The lien release must include the date signature of the authorized agent, and the agent's title. 

You must surrender the sold vehicle's plates to your local DMV office in order to release liability of the vehicle. A bill of sale is required if the vehicle's title was issued prior to June 19, 1989 and/or if the title does not include an odometer reading. If you cannot obtain the state's bill of sale, you can easily download a generic copy from the Bill of Sale page.

I'm the registered owner but I can't find my title:

 If your title has been lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, countered, or has become illegible and you are the registered owner you can apply for the title and registration by mail. The Form 400, Application for Certificate of Title/Registration has the address to mail to inside of it. South Carolina will only issue a duplicate title if the vehicle is physically in South Carolina.  

If you are not able to obtain a negotiable title or the paperwork for a duplicate title, the vehicle can be abandoned to IAA relinquishing your rights to any proceeds from the eventual sale of this vehicle. This option should be used as a last resort when all efforts have failed to produce a negotiable title.

If you are donating your car, but do not possess the title and have no wish to obtain a duplicate title we can take care of the title process for you. All you need to do is fill out the forms below and hold onto them until the tow agent comes to pickup your vehicle at which time you will hand over the forms necessary for us to obtain your duplicate title. The forms are listed below. 

1. A Power of Attorney signed by all owners listed on the title (a copy of the POA, notarized as a true copy of the original is used to apply for the duplicate, and the original POA is used to sign the duplicate title received from the DMV).

2. A copy of the owner’s driver license or the owner’s driver license
number. This is needed for all owners listed on the title.

3. The owner’s date of birth. Again, this is needed for all owners.

4. Lien Release (if applicable). 

The owner of the vehicle is deceased:

In the case of the death of an owner with a surviving spouse: The ownership of the vehicle automatically transfers to the spouse. The same is true if the vehicle is jointly owned between spouses. We will need a certified copy of the death certificate, a properly endorsed title by the surviving spouse, a POA signed by the spouse,
and a lien release (if applicable).

 In the case of the death of an owner with no surviving spouse and no filing has been made for the administration of the deceased’s estate, the vehicle would transfer to the next of kin. We will need a copy of
the death certificate, an Affidavit of Inheritance signed by the next of kin, a properly signed title by the next of kin, a POA signed by the next of kin, and a lien release (if applicable).

The vehicle was abandoned on my property:

We can only pick up an abandoned vehicle if we are able to obtain a signature from the last registered owner.