How can you get a deceased person’s car in your name?
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Q. My neighbor’s husband recently passed away, owing a balance on his car note. His wife is now paying off the balance of the car. When she finishes, do they mail her ownership papers, title and letter saying she paid off the lien? Or can she just go motor vehicles and transfer the title to her name?
— Trying to help
There are a few different ways this can play out.
“Payment of an auto loan for a car that is not titled in your name does not automatically vest ownership rights in the person making the payments,” said Gerard Papetti, a certified financial planner and certified public accountant with U.S. Financial Services in Fairfield.