This article was co-authored by Clinton M. Sandvick, JD, PhD. Clinton M. Sandvick worked as a civil litigator in California for over 7 years. He received his JD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998 and his PhD in American History from the University of Oregon in 2013.
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Removing a person's name from a car’s title may be necessary for a variety of reasons including inheritance, divorce or gifting the vehicle to someone else. In general, removing a name from the title is not difficult, but there are some technical details that you need to treat carefully. In short, you will treat the change on the title as a sale or transfer of the car. Some special circumstances will be treated a bit differently.