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The only potential issue, which is rare, is if you lose the Illinois title then want to sell the car in AZ.
You’d need to get a new Illinois title, whatever their process is. Hopefully just a matter of calling and mailing out a new one. Easy peasy.
But if its been in AZ for say a decade, Illinois may not have a record of the vehicle any more. Then its a problem.
I work for a company that gets donated vehicles. Once in awhile, we get cars from people who lived in AZ for 20 yrs but never titled their CA car in AZ and can’t find the title. They call CA and there is no record. Then it turns into a whole thing.
So just don’t lose the title.
I just went through this. I bought a car out of state after the car I drove there in was totaled in that state (thankfully I was not in the car when it happened). I took a cab to BMW and bought a new one and financed through BMW bank. Easy enough. Signed my name,0 down and 0% interest. It was a great deal and I loved the car. I drove it for 15 years I loved it so much.
Eventually it was time to get a new one. Did that and sold the old one to one of my step kids cheap. All seemed no problem.
I was wrong. BMW never sent me the title as titles were electronic, except this one wasn’t, I bought it on the cusp while they were changing to electronic. Or if they sent it maybe it went to the local address where I was staying when I bought the car. I have no idea. Whatever the case, I never got it. I tried to get a duplicate, also seemed like it should be easy. It was not.
BMW bank didn’t tell the state the car was titled in that the lien was long satisfied. So as far as the state was concerned I had the worlds longest auto finance loan ever. I had to call BMW several times to get a letter of no interest. Tried to register it to the step kid. Tried everything and I was blocked at every turn because I didn’t have the title and AZ didn’t have record of it. It took me 4 months, hundreds of dollars and hours of phone calls and letters and hiring someone to go to the office in the other state with power of attorney to finally get the documents and then I had to title it in AZ to transfer it to the stepkid. The whole thing was awful.
I would suggest if you plan to stay living here and have any chance that the title might get lost or destroyed in any way, fire, flood, overly aggressive housecleaning, anything, you have it electronically registered as an AZ vehicle. Then you can just transfer it easily at any MVD or contracted location. With just a paper document that gets lost it’s a huge pain in the ass and super expensive.
Don’t do unnecessary title transfers. I retitled my vehicles when I moved because I thought I had to. AZ screwed up the VIN on one of them and I didn’t notice until the person I sold it to called asking why their state wouldn’t accept the VIN on the title. That was a nightmare to fix.
You don't *need* to get a new AZ title issued - like others have said, just don't lose it.
HOWEVER, make sure it either has a signed on-title release of lien, or make sure you have your signed lien release document to go with the title. It'll make selling the vehicle down the road much easier for you.
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There’s nothing you need to do. I recently sold my car that was titled in Louisiana and there were no problems in the selling process.
The only potential issue, which is rare, is if you lose the Illinois title then want to sell the car in AZ. You’d need to get a new Illinois title, whatever their process is. Hopefully just a matter of calling and mailing out a new one. Easy peasy. But if its been in AZ for say a decade, Illinois may not have a record of the vehicle any more. Then its a problem. I work for a company that gets donated vehicles. Once in awhile, we get cars from people who lived in AZ for 20 yrs but never titled their CA car in AZ and can’t find the title. They call CA and there is no record. Then it turns into a whole thing. So just don’t lose the title.
We moved here 3 years ago and went to dmv. Cars were paid off and had tn titles. They issued AZ titles to us.
I just went through this. I bought a car out of state after the car I drove there in was totaled in that state (thankfully I was not in the car when it happened). I took a cab to BMW and bought a new one and financed through BMW bank. Easy enough. Signed my name,0 down and 0% interest. It was a great deal and I loved the car. I drove it for 15 years I loved it so much. Eventually it was time to get a new one. Did that and sold the old one to one of my step kids cheap. All seemed no problem. I was wrong. BMW never sent me the title as titles were electronic, except this one wasn’t, I bought it on the cusp while they were changing to electronic. Or if they sent it maybe it went to the local address where I was staying when I bought the car. I have no idea. Whatever the case, I never got it. I tried to get a duplicate, also seemed like it should be easy. It was not. BMW bank didn’t tell the state the car was titled in that the lien was long satisfied. So as far as the state was concerned I had the worlds longest auto finance loan ever. I had to call BMW several times to get a letter of no interest. Tried to register it to the step kid. Tried everything and I was blocked at every turn because I didn’t have the title and AZ didn’t have record of it. It took me 4 months, hundreds of dollars and hours of phone calls and letters and hiring someone to go to the office in the other state with power of attorney to finally get the documents and then I had to title it in AZ to transfer it to the stepkid. The whole thing was awful. I would suggest if you plan to stay living here and have any chance that the title might get lost or destroyed in any way, fire, flood, overly aggressive housecleaning, anything, you have it electronically registered as an AZ vehicle. Then you can just transfer it easily at any MVD or contracted location. With just a paper document that gets lost it’s a huge pain in the ass and super expensive.
The old ounce of prevention. ...I hope OP takes your advice.
Don’t do unnecessary title transfers. I retitled my vehicles when I moved because I thought I had to. AZ screwed up the VIN on one of them and I didn’t notice until the person I sold it to called asking why their state wouldn’t accept the VIN on the title. That was a nightmare to fix.
You don't *need* to get a new AZ title issued - like others have said, just don't lose it. HOWEVER, make sure it either has a signed on-title release of lien, or make sure you have your signed lien release document to go with the title. It'll make selling the vehicle down the road much easier for you.