- 1). Go to the local office of the Department of Licensing or go online to the department's website and obtain a vehicle certificate of ownership application. As the current owner, you should have the title for the vehicle but if you cannot locate it then you can complete an affidavit of loss/release of interest form. You also need an emissions testing report form if you live in Clark, King, Pierce, Snohomish or Spokane county and a bill of sale if you are selling the vehicle to the corporation.
- 2). Locate an emissions testing center through the Department of Licensing's website if you live in Clark, King, Pierce, Snohomish or Spokane county and arrange to have your vehicle tested. Some vehicles, such as hybrids that get more than 50 miles to the gallon, are exempt, as are some vehicles that were emission tested in California. After the emissions test, you will receive an emission testing report from the mechanic who performed the test.
- 3). Complete the bill of sale by listing the year, make, model, license number, vehicle identification number, sale price and date of sale. Complete the seller's section and ask the buyer to complete the buyer's section by writing the name and address of the corporation and signing as the authorized signer. You also sign the document as the seller and you must also inspect the odometer and write the vehicle's mileage on the bill of sale.
- 4). Instruct the representative of the corporation to complete the vehicle certificate of ownership -- title -- application with details such as the car's year, make, model, color, registration number, county of registration and sale price. The authorized signer must list the corporation as the new owner but must sign the document as owner on the corporations behalf and list his or her job title in the relevant field. You must sign as the seller or dealer in the section just above the buyer's signature and you must ask a Washington state-appointed notary to witness both of your signatures.
- 5). Tell the authorized signer from the corporation to submit the vehicle certificate of ownership application to a local office of the Department of Licensing within 15 days of the title transfer. Alternatively, the buyer can send the forms in via the mail along with a check for $15.50 to cover the title transfer fee. It takes between six and eight weeks to receive the new title.
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