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Originally Posted by JRcorvette
Here is the deal because I have been through it. If you want to sell the car on your own you will need a paper title. If you are going to trade in the vehicle you do not but if it has a loan on it then the title will be electronic (saving money I guess). You can go down to the motor vehicle department and get a paper title sent to you. The fee use to be $10 but may have gone up.
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Correct, except that there is always an electronic title, even if there is no loan. I have an electronic title, and I have never had a loan. I would recommend getting a paper title anyway. I paid $10 for my "paper" title, scanned it, and it is stored on my Google drive.
The only potential problem is that, if you sell the vehicle using only the paper title, the DMV will still show you as the owner of the vehicle. I guess this is because, unless the purchaser applies for a new title, the DMV has no way to know who actually owns the vehicle. The purchaser may have sold the vehicle to someone else.