Guide
How title and registration work when you buy through ACar
When you buy through ACar, you do not chase the seller for a signed title or take paperwork to the MVC. ACar collects the title from the seller and prepares the title and registration paperwork for you.
What you provide
- Your legal name, contact details and registration address in checkout
- Details for a different registrant, if someone else will be on the registration
- Identity verification through Stripe Identity
- Proof of insurance on the car, verified before pickup
- Signatures on your purchase documents, including a limited title and registration authorization
What ACar handles
- Receiving and reviewing the seller’s signed original title
- Coordinating the payoff and lien release if the seller has a loan
- Preparing the official NJ MVC title and registration paperwork
- Temporary registration steps when they are available for the transaction
- Tracking your registration and plates in your order
What can hold up the title
Some things take longer: a seller’s loan that still has to be paid off, a title with mistakes or mismatched names, a title from another state, a mileage mismatch, registering to someone else, or insurance that is not ready. Your order shows what each step is waiting on.


