Can I get a tag and insurance on a car if there is a lien still on it?
If the car is registered to your Uncle, then yes, he can get tags for the car. Since there is a lien, he will most likely need full coverage insurance and your name should be listed as a driver. Keep in mind that after the car is paid off, make sure your Uncle signs the title off as the seller, and you will sign as the buyer. You will have to go back to the DMV and register the car in your name as well as get your own insurance policy. Good luck and I hope this helps. You can email if you have questions.
nope. If there is a lien on it in someone else’s name then you can’t do anything with it until that person pays the lien off. Your uncle screwed you. You shouldn’t have given him any money for the car until he had the lien paid off and the title in his hand. Now if he stops paying on the lien, the lien holder can come and take the car and you’re out of the money you gave uncle. All insurance, tags and registration has to be in your uncle’s name until the lien is paid off.
