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You must apply for a duplicate title. The dealership can handle this procedure through their title clerk or you can do it yourself. It will take half a day at the DMV Tag and Title office. Y-THINK-Y

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Where do you sign a title to a car when trading it in to a dealer car lot?

the back, under Seller


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In Alabama is it legal for a car dealer to take a car back?

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