Officials with the Trigg County Clerk’s office have issued a public service announcement, regarding Kentucky residents selling their vehicle.
Firstly, a vehicle is not out of one’s name until the buyer processes the paperwork at a Kentucky Clerk’s Office. It is recommended to meet at a clerk’s office, buyer’s or seller’s, to ensure the vehicle is transferred. After all, the title has to be notarized anyway, so this is a good reason.
If this does not occur, the buyer can legally keep driving the vehicle under one’s name, as the vehicle continues to accrue property tax in one’s name.
Should someone sell their vehicle to someone out of state, they need to call a clerk’s office and let us officials know so it can be coded as “sold out of state.”
Vehicle sold to salvage/scrap yards still must have their title sent to a clerk’s office as “junk.” This is the only way to stop taxes from accruing.
Nearly 100 percent of the time, if one gives the scrap yard the title, it stays in a filing cabinet there and never is taken out of the owner’s name.
All of these problems, officials said, are seen too frequently, and the heartache can be spared.
