I bought a motorcycle in this sort of situation. I took a bankers check to
the buyer. The buyer and I took it to the bank, and got the title. Once we
had the title, we then went to the DMV and I got new plates. Pretty simple,
and it only took a couple of hours or so.

Paul

"Stephanie H via CarKB.com" > wrote in message
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>
> I am getting ready to sell my Explorer, but still have a balance on my
loan,
> which I plan to pay off once sold. Can anyone explain to me what process
> they've used to sell a car first, then made the payoff, then waited for
the
> title, and then signed the title over to the buyer? Do people generally
> accept waiting for the title? Are they to use the current license plates
> until the title is signed over? How does this work?!?!?!
>
>
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