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Turk919

Turk919

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Not sure if this is the correct place on this forum to ask, but...

Looking at purchasing a Jeep that the owner passed away. I would potentially be purchasing it from someone who has the Jeep and title, but is not connected to the owner.

What would I need to do to transfer the title to myself? Assuming I need a BOS from the person I buy the Jeep from, but the DMV website didn’t yield much info.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
I would think who ever has power of attorney for the deceased guy would have to sign the title over, and include the legal documents that show they have power of attorney.
 
Thanks guys, ended up telling him I was going to pass, little more work than I want to put into tracking people down to get everything resolved.
 
Currently dealing with this myself. Bought a truck from a guy with a title signed by the personal rep of his estate. Signed title wasn’t good enough for SC DMV so I need either bill of sale with the personal rep’s info on it or a copy of the personal rep appointment papers. Thankfully the guy I bought the truck from got two trucks from this estate and found out he needed the same info to register one for himself. I think we’re going to go to DMV same day so we can both register our trucks. This coulda been way more of a hassle for me though....
 
junkxj said:
I would think who ever has power of attorney for the deceased guy would have to sign the title over, and include the legal documents that show they have power of attorney.
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A little education: Close. But there is no such thing as Power of Attorney for a dead guy. POA gives a person the ability to act as or on behalf of the person granting the POA, subject to any limitations stated in the POA. A POA always dies with the person.

A "letter of testamentary" is what you are thinking of....issued by the probate court, and gives an executor the power to act on behalf of the estate.

You are right, you need to deal directly with who the exector/administrator is for the estate. If you can't find who it is otherwise, contact the clerk of court and they can look it up.

Ask for a copy of the letter of testamentary when you get the title. I've been executor of several estates. It's no big deal. Last one, I went thru over 100 letters and death certificates. Everybody you deal with needs a copy of one.
 
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