If my father and I are both registered owners of 3 paid off vehicles and he is recently deceased, do I become sole owner?
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If my father and I are both registered owners of 3 paid off vehicles and he is recently deceased, do I become sole owner?
I recieved and paid the registration for years now. Am I the sole owner?
Asked on June 22, 2012 under Estate Planning, California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
You need to see how legal title are with the vehicles is held as joint tenancy or not. If title in the vehicles are your and your father's name as joint tenants, then you end up owning the vehicles by surviving your father. I suggest that you get a certified copy of your father's death certificate and go down to your local department of motor vehicles to see if you can then place them solely in your name at this time.
If title are in joint tenancy, you are the sole owner of them.
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