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Over the past few years, our efforts in making the court ordered title process be more conspicuous with government agencies has paid off. Many states are now having their DMV offices give this information out when the person arrives without proper paperwork. Used to be that if you went to the DMV and you didn't have the right paperwork, you didn't have the old title, the DMV would just say, "You got to get out of here. You don't—we don't have anything for you." So, if you don't have the old title certificate, you have to fix it on your own.

Now, the DMVs are more familiar with the court order process. In fact, some states, like here's an example from Washington, are starting to put this into their state law. So, this is their statute 30856A-320, transfer by court order. It tells you what information that DMV has to get. They have to get the full name of the person the property’s awarded, meaning what name is on the new title, a description of the vehicle, validation, the court order is filed, and then the final judgment.

So, this is very, very good progress. More and more states are starting to do this. It'll give you the confidence that your DMV now will guide you in the right direction rather than just giving you the runaround and just saying no, you can't get a title.

The court order is what solves all these problems. It's when you can't do a bonded title or you don't want to do a bonded title. It's a very, very powerful process. It kind of overrides the DMV, but more and more states and more and more DMV offices are starting to guide and direct their clients to the court order process.

And you can get information from our website cartitles.com with more instructions for each state and even a title service if you want assistance with the process. If you like this video, be sure to click on a few others on our channel to see if there's other information that might be helpful to you about this same subject or maybe even other related subjects that could assist you with your resolution of your issue.