can you sell a car that does not have your name on the title?

Samara Siewers: You need to go to the DMV and get it flagged that it is no longer yours.

Dan Seen: What state are you in? In Ohio there is a spot for the buyer s name and address. When selling a car I require a bill of sale, two copies, each signed by both parties, the buyer must show me a valid non expired DL, then I put the name and address on the title. If buyer refuses any required step, then I say sorry I will not sell you the car. And to be really safe I prefer to meet the buyer at the DMV and have the title transferred right there. That way i know the car is out of my name. Did you leave the title name blank? If so then that was a mistake. If you did and he flipped the car that is called title jumping and may be illegal in some states....Show more

Garrett Detone: What do you care ? You got paid.Bill of sales can easily be forged and it probably had an open title.

Jorge Detlefs: Why would you give him the title if you didn't want him to have the! car? If you signed the title, the car was his.

Nell Dipiero: Legal what difference does it make, nothing you can do about it,He had the title if he didn,t sign it .it was open, so the New guy just signs it, and there you go.

Jacques Teri: You only need a title for the car to be your legally, a lack of a bill of sale is moot. A bill-of-sale really only protects the seller.

Sunshine Holets: Because there are plenty of really stupid buyers out there who don't know that a title must be properly signed by the owner to legally own the vehicle. They buy the vehicle and then find out they don't actually own it, legally, and can't register it, which means they can't legally drive it.

Kaley Lappas: It's called title jumping and it's illegal. It happens frequently, though.