If Someone Else Owns My Car Can I Still Register It In My Name?

Transfer on Death (TOD)

(ATVs, UTVs and Minibikes are not eligible for the TOD selection)

If an applicant wishes to indicate a casher(ies) on the Application for Certificate of Title, the beneficiary(ies) will be listed on the new Certificate of Title with the tag "Transfer on Death" (TOD). A trust may be the beneficiary of a TOD certificate of title. A TOD beneficiary shall have no involvement in the motor vehicle until such death(s). A beneficiary designation may be changed at any time by the owner or by the articulation-tenant-with-right-of survivorship owners and so surviving without the consent of any casher by filing an awarding for a subsequent certificate of championship.

If a Certificate of Championship indicates a TOD, ownership of such motor vehicle vests with the designated beneficiary(ies) on the death of the owner or the final of the articulation-tenant-with-right-of-survivorship owners, subject to the rights of all lienholders.

Once ownership has vested with the TOD beneficiary(ies), the casher(ies) may make awarding for issuance of a championship in the casher(ies) name upon presentation of a death certificate(south) and an Application for Certificate of Title OR ownership may exist transferred to a 3rd party by attaching the death certificate(due south) and signing the certificate of title as TOD.

Earlier any transfer of buying tin can occur for a vehicle/motorboat of a decedent, satisfactory proof of expiry must be provided to the County Treasurer in the form of a Death Certificate.

Joint Ownership – With Rights of Survivorship

When a Nebraska Certificate of Title to a motor vehicle indicates buying by more than than i individual or "Joint Ownership", and the names on the face of the championship are separated by the word "OR", or the term " With Rights Of Survivorship" (WROS), the survivor may transfer ownership of the vehicle by assigning the Document of Title to the next buyer and providing a re-create of the Decease Document of the deceased owner to the County Treasurer. To alleviate the concerns of identity theft, the survivor may opt to have a title issued in his/her name merely prior to the transfer of ownership. To accomplish this, the properly assigned Certificate of Title and the Death Document may be provided to the County Treasurer along with the proper fee and a new championship volition be issued in the survivor'southward proper name just.

Joint Ownership – Without Rights of Survivorship

Certificates of Title issued in Joint Ownership where the names are separated with the words AND or AND/OR, exercise not carry the same meaning equally With Rights Of Survivorship. If the term With Rights Of Survivorship does not appear on the title document, the survivor proper name on the title cannot obtain a title in their name until a county judge decides, in probate proceedings, that the survivor has the right to buying of the vehicle.

Certificates of Title in the Decedents Name Just

When the title is in the decedents proper noun alone (or all owners are deceased), transfer of ownership tin can occur merely if an individual appointed by the court to administer the estate(s) of the decedent(s) properly assigns the title to the heir-apparent. The letter of engagement by the court for this private must exist fastened to the title when it is presented to the County Treasurer.

If the full value of all of the personal property in the decedent's manor does not exceed $50,000, minus any liens and/or claims, and the title was issued in the name of the decedent alone (or all owners are deceased), the vehicle/motorboat may be transferred without probate to a claiming successor(s) by submitting an Affidavit for Transfer of Decedent's Vehicle/Motorboat. The championship must be issued in the proper name of the successor(s) - it cannot be issued in the proper name of the purchaser. Note: Personal belongings does not include buying in existent estate property.

Before the person claiming to exist the successor of the decedent submits the Affidavit, the following guidelines must exist met:

30 days must have elapsed since death
No petition for the appointment of a Personal Representative, Ambassador, Special Administrator, Executor or equivalent, is pending or has been granted
The Nebraska Document of Title must accompany the Affidavit, if bachelor. If the Nebraska title is not available, the DMV must exist contacted so that a search tin can be made to verify that a Nebraska title exists
The Death Certificate must be attached to the completed Affidavit
Affidavit must be completed in full and the signature of the successor must be notarized on the form

The Affidavit for Transfer of Decedent's Vehicle/Motorboat and all supporting documentation is submitted to the County Treasurer in the county where the successor resides. If the Nebraska Certificate of Title is not available and the vehicle is a motor vehicle, the documentation must include an Odometer Disclosure Statement.

Certificates of Title From Another Land : If the decedent and Certificate of Title are from another state and the survivor is a Nebraska resident, Nebraska will accept the title from the strange state in the decedents proper name, properly assigned by an private who has been appointed by the courtroom to administer the estate of the deceased. The alphabetic character of appointment by the court for this individual must exist fastened to the strange Certificate of Title when it is presented to the County Treasurer.

Questions regarding Decedent'due south Motor Vehicle may be addressed past email or by telephone at 402.471.3918.