ISO RMV help

Submitted by Inttegers t3_10epv0g in massachusetts

Wife and I just bought off our car from Honda. We're still waiting on the title to come in the mail. Honda is telling us we need to get that processed at the RMV, and instructions on Hondas website and the RMV website are very unclear, and are not consistent with each other.

What do we do, how do we get our title transferred formally?

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tobiasrfunke t1_j4smx81 wrote

First, you contact your insurance company and update the lienholder (if you have a loan) with them, otherwise tell them you own the car outright. Ask them for a stamped RMV-1 form. They will send you this form, which is the registration form, prefilled with their information. Fill out the rest and bring it to the RMV along with the title you receive from Honda, and the bill of sale.

You will also need to pay the sales tax on the buyout amount directly to the RMV, so be prepared for that, along with the registration fee.

If you do all of this, you will leave the RMV with new plates for your car. You will have 7 days to get the car re-inspected (yes, you have to do this even if you just did it).

The lienholder (or you, if none) will receive the new title from the RMV via mail at some point after this is completed.

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Inttegers OP t1_j4tg81e wrote

We read online that we can ask Honda to just let us keep our plates instead of replacing? Is that a thing?

Also, love the username!

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321c0ntact t1_j4sh1hj wrote

Did you payoff a loan or buyout a lease?

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Inttegers OP t1_j4tfsss wrote

Buy out a lease.

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321c0ntact t1_j4uunc8 wrote

Did you go through a dealership to do the lease buyout? The title should be sent to that dealership & they should contact you when the title arrives, possibly handling the title transfer for you (that’s how the dealership I worked for did things).

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Maronita2020 t1_j4sh94x wrote

Are you anywhere near Boston proper?

If so, you might consider going into the RMV administrative building in N. Quincy just over the Neponset bridge. You can take the "T" to the N. Quincy "T" Station and walk over to the administrative building as well. You can order the registration and pay for the registration there and they will mail it to you.

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Inttegers OP t1_j4tfut5 wrote

Why is that better than going to the RMV?

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Maronita2020 t1_j4toirn wrote

I'm only suggesting that because a lot of RMV's aren't allowing you in unless you have an appointment.

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